Little Falls herald., 1914-08-21
GE RIIllVS
SEE KING
GA EWAY
Pushing Allies Back
On.FIench Frontier.
FIRST REAL BATTLE
UF WAk PkUGkESSlNG
Northern and Eastern Sections
Of Belgium One Solid
Battle Line.
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WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.

i
+ Cannonading heard in Brus- X
!. sells, indicating Germans are x
i. near capital.
Battle along entire north and
+ south front is in progress.
Refugees from Diest, Tirle- *
i. mont and other towns reach
I. Brussels. x
Belgium army of north retir- =.
i. ing to Antwerp, last Belgium :.
+ defense.
+ Paris reports confirmation of =
i. big Servian victory at Shabats. !"
!. with 10000 Austrians killed. +
j. French forward movement in
!. South Alsace continues.
!. Skirmishes reported on Rus :.
j. so-German and Russo-Austrian =
i. frontiers.
!. Exchange of shots between <
i. English destroyer feet and x
+ German cruiser in North sea :.
!. reported. No damage done. \
j. :.
T. !. + + + + i. j. !. i. !. + 4. /. /. X.
London, Aug. 20.-Northern and|
Eastern Belgium are solid battlel
line.
The first real struggle for posses
sion of the gateway through Belgium,
toward the French frontier is In prog
ress.
Fighting has been continuous for,
nearly forty-eight hours. Despite the
strictest censorship in the history Of
the world it is evident that the allied
armies are being hard pressed be-
tween Waterloo and Brussels. Ger
many's great fighting machine, her
wonderfully trained infantry, Ia be-
ing pushed forward all along the line.
The army Of the Meuse and the
first army of the Moselle have COM
bined. Their lines stretch far from
the Dutch boundary south into Bel
gium and Luxemburg. One section is.
attacking the Namur fortihcations.
The fate of Liege is unknown. It
Is cut off from the Belgian lines. No
word can be gotten through regard
ing the fate of the forts. The Belgian
war Office says they still remain in
tact. Unconflrmed reports from Brus-
sells and from Dutch sources state
that finding it impossible to with
stand the fire of the heavy siege guns
the Belgian defenders dynamited and
destroyed the forts.
Brussels Will Fall.
That Brussels will be taken is ac-
oepted here as practically certain.
All of the London papers say it will
be asking too much to expect the al
lied armies to keep the Germans out
of Brussels. They point out that the
German forces engaged total more
than 100000 and that with reserves
packed In the rear the kaiser has
total Of close to 100000 men available
for the first offensive operation.
But they insist that it will be in-
possible for the Germans to reach the
Belgian-Freneh boundary.
That the British troops are engag-
ed in the present fighting is believed
likely. The censor refuses to permit
any word of their position to be
sent. But Earl Kitchener's great in.
terest in the Belgian fighting is con-
sidered SUFFICIENT proof that they are.
engaged. ~ 81
Man ! rumors were circulated Of the
captu: i. of Brussels. They were met
with persistent denial from the Bel
gfan legation.
There IS no truth In these reports 8
said the legation. Brussels IL still
81 the possession Of the Belgians. Al
very severe battle is in progress east3
OF the city. but we consider the Bell
gfan position satisfactory.