New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-22
BELGIAN GENERAL
TAKEN BY GERMANS
by Cable TO The Tribune.l

FRIGHT 10 the effect that General Leman Belgian commander al
Liese has been made prisoner Accompanied by German
major he conveyed yesterday in motor car TO
pele and will be taken on to Cologne =.
'The Daily Mails Osend correspondent teFegrapnms TIT
day evening 6 o'clock, says:
The Germans overrurnns northern Belgium They are
now believed to be within striking distance of osend
Fif, thousand marched through Brussels and are
now in Client"
Tonight Thursday Brussels occupied by German troops
end all is quiet About o'clock this morning the civil guards
singing the Brabanconne and the Narsease marched from
their outposts barbados they built days ago the
Care du Nord and piled their arms.
Along the route early crowdsand they were large for
ever one had slept lightly through the ngcheered them whole
beartedIv These men laid down their bravey as many
have carried theirs battle not to have the courage
70 obev and let the invaders in without struggle The Boy
Scouts too who for weeks had their uniforms by day.
possibly by night dressed again in civilian clothes
NO TRAINS INTO BRUSSELS.
The railway stations closed at o'clock Since then
no trains have entered or Brussels The city waited quietly
Them little after midday the passed from the streets beside
the Louvain gate throughout the city, Ills sont la!
Iblsn had arrived NJ Max, the burgomaser of the CITY,
had an interview with their commandant and told MN he cry
would be surrendered peacefully to superior forces WIN MN
was the United Minister who went an Official Visit 10
saw on behalf of his that the United States desired 10
take the city of Brussels under its protection
81 learn from military that about 5000 Germans
are supposed to be now in the city, refugees that every
the newspapers free from censorship but Puoneo "
fear of one more drastic, appearing.
Zone man who saw Uhans told me they rode IN
with dignity, playing their part he sad like soldiers al 'o
ment For they seemed not to know whee 10 go
Soon however they broke into patrols and separated to different
centres of the town. the railway stations banks postoceS
Bourse and market places No demonstration was maze anu
not shot fred as hear but the sealed silence na
fell on Lge and wraps all Germany will now be over Brussels
FATAL GRIP LOOKED FOR
go te TODAY the German advance guard touched MalneS
and broke across between Brussels and Antwerp but cam
Ear of little eebtne Il seems game of ju tsu will so
on still longer The hears of German methods the more
one is inclined to believe that victory will come by yielding until
fatal grip can be laid on
STbe time is nearing when the Germans will have to turn
their attention to the eastern frontier of the southern 'front.' The
business that hand for the three Western allies not hght
"a M oood can come from treating if victory certain
In Belgium it treated and with the story OF De sun
fresh memory the earnesness tha' no" ae'0 ' N' "
EASY 10 understand"
"Tbe Daily Telegraph's" correspondent at Give Belgium
who has been aversng the French advanced posts the valley
Of the Meuse River he expects the next determined eHo'
by the Germans against Namu and nearby places where
he SAYS the Germans modified Tor great eHo' 10
plunge their great army into France "
full army corps the way from Rochefor which
the correspondent thinks viii be hurled Squarey against the
French frontier.
made tentative assaults at every point along the Meuse wherever
its crossing is feasible This chidS play Solemny'
warn the English this only the beginning of time OF great
trial"
dispatch to 'The Daily Express from OStend Belgium,
says that Friday encounter occurred between the allies
troops and the Germans spot probably southwest OF Brussels
The result was favorable the allies German Uhans have been
seen al Waterloo
Another DAILY News" correspondent sends the following
dispatch from Ostend:
yesterday morning Uhans arrived outside the city of
Brussels Louvan road BY o'clock they were IN Brussels
and to the of the inhabitants full corps or
10000 marched through the city Their plans however, did
stop the occupation of the capital They seized all
the available motor cars loaded them with and the bulk
corps passed Their objective stated the
seizure of the two forts at Teebrugge and Osend"
"The Daily Teegraphs Brussels correspondent who is en-
frontier has the following account Of the German
entry into Brussels:
by o'clock in the morning the city practically sur
rounded by German cavalry who Systematically seized the railway
and telegraph Offices and posted pcke at the crossroads When
this development completed full German army
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