El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-26
ALLIES BATTLE
WITH GERMANY
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s15 The air became thick with cannon
77ovvSer The grea- battle had begun
Forward went the infantry Rifle
fire and maxim fire added I the boom
of the big guns. sunrise mlhsIeu win
the glow Of burning forests ana the
Ia s. m Is was Monday. The battle con-
ffr11s5 Tuesdav and probably VIII con-
thine for several days. either alone or
merging with the battles on the left
any Ge .-5z Gkes Supreme Effort.
arba great battle, which is now IN
full swing along the Wnoie trench'
British and Belgian line, IS really a
series of linked battles forming what
may well be the decisive eHsa6enlehl
Of vvestern Europe. II Is a supreme
effort nv Germany to break into
France. an effort which, II stopped,
must mean disaster to 10000 German
soldiers. -,zs 80.
II guard the German line of COM
munication. The German advance has
heeu ranid and steady Their columns
have averaged 20 miles DAY since
they passed Brussels ,,s
BeIgians Destroy German Defenees.
dfsnatch from Antwerp to the Ex-
change TeIegraph company says the
BELGIAN forces succeeded IN de-
stroying defensive works constructed
by the Germans
Germans Quickly Sileneed Forts
The Paris correspondent Of the
Times who was on the battle tleld
es-Iie1 in the fighting, says that he
met q few miles outside OF Fhllllp-
PevIa a Belgian officer and the pay
master General of Namur, who told
him the town Of Namur had been &C
cupied bv the Germans. II had been
q1Ib5ectei 10 a furious bombardment
Mated that the first few shots ST.
ience5 Forst RIarchovelette on the
northeast and fort Maizeret on the
east Fort AndOy also suffered Dadly
and was almost out Of action.
Deffed Glass and EIeotrOcutiOn-
The story continues;
THE Germans entered the Town
without encountering much resistance
Fort Dave at the southeast OF the town
and Fort WepiOn on the opposite slde
Of the Meuse and the line Of forts 10
the north still resist.
in spite Of the elaborate prepara-
tions with wire entanglements,
through which was passed an electri-
cal current of 1900 volts, and the I'D
eral use OF broken glass, Namur 1ell
into the hands Of the Germans on sun
day. 80
in an orderly manner. All rolling
stock and motor cars were removed
ana the station master left in last To-
comotives with the railway cash box
under his arm The Belgian troops,
numbering about 5000, passed under
the protection of a French cavalry
screen within the French lines
French lombard CharlerOi.
The correspondent adds;
.4Thus the Germans have done mucn
to win mastery over the two oaIhs o.
the Meuse almost as far as oman L
They, however, LETT 3ehlno c men mem, 81 Il
of the eight forts Of Namur, Wnlch u
is expected will yet cause them con-
siderable annoyance -,- .-+,1-
Ierv IN its turn opened ire on me
s+riclren town Of CharlerOL The Ger
SSsol ~ he earlier stages Of the en-
gagement had poured their shells IN
the upper part Of the town, ~ "
French now emptied their nan OF
shells in the other section OF the Town
and under the supporting IRE IIo to-
their artillery the French infantry az
vanced slowly in the face Of a STUB
horn resistance, into the town they
mad lust evacuated, retaining seVeraI
VILLAGES and becoming once more Us LIS
ters of the line between Thuln (elsn1
miles southwest OF Charleroi1 anu -'1'
Both sides Lose Heavily.
AT 6 o'clock in the evening the
T5gFrfoa- ceased both sides being worn
o15+ On the next morning before
dawn the French artillery again bonn
bsrded Charleroi and once more the
troops Of France swarrned the slope
toward the lower part Of the town, re
capturing the villages OF Cna l'5ist
9ouffioused. Marchienne and CoulIeL
TSe fiEhting at this stage Of the en-
,-sSement was attended by heavy
55ossse on both sides. Charleroi, which
IS in the center Of the action, is an
Industrial mining district and in me
la beaps Of the surrounding country
So ET-e1ch found admirable vantage
-round, while in upper Alsace the Ger