El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-06
SEIZE FOUR
SHIPS Of GERMANY
German Residents Throughout Belgium Are Being Ar
rested and Placed Under Surveillance; German Loss
in the First Battle Is Over 5000 Men of the
Flower of the Kaiser's Army.

! high rank were made prisoners by the
Belgians, with extensive drawings and
maps of the BeIgian Notifications in
their possession. They are TO be exc
cuted without ceremony
Germans Driven Back.
The Brussels Gazette says Of the
a.'The Belgian 18th brigade, after sue
cessfuIlv resisting the German attack,
pursued the fleeing Prussians with
such energy that the general command
ing the Belgians was obliged to order
our troops TO turn back. as they were
getting outside the range Of guns Of
our forts The enthusiasm OF our
troops was magnificent.
a number Of wounded Germans fled
to Dutch territory and this gave rise
to the belief that the enemy was COM
pletely routed. They suffered losses
which are estimated at 5000. Our
losses were relatively small.
AT / o'clock in the morning the Ger
man 10th army corps attacked the
Chuadfontaine and BOucelles forts from
the southwest while their artillery
bombarded the fort at Female on the
opposite bank Of the river Meuse five
miles southwest Of Liege- The Bel
gians captured seven guns and several
prisoners.
Surrender Is Refused.
proposals for the surrender Of Liege
Slaughter Is Terrific.
Stories of the struggle between the
Belgian troops and the German SOL
diers tell Of terrific slaughter among
the German forces.
At about noon Wednesday the Ger
man infantry attempted to carry by
assault Fort BarchOn northeast Of
Attackers Fell in Heaps.
The attacking infantry crept up IN
der cover Of a heavy artillery fire, but
the Belgian defenders reserved their
fire until the Germans had come to
close quarters, when, at a given signal,
the Belgians ODened with a perfect
hail Of bullets from rifles and machine
guns, which wreaked havoc among the
Germans. The attackers soon lay in
heaps Of dead and wounded around the
fort
Artillery Wrecks Castle.
At the same time Fort Chaudfon-
tame. southeast of LieEe, kept up
hot fire on another body Of Germans
who had seized a neighboring castle
The Belgian artillery reduced the
building To a mass of smoking ruins.
The Germans finally retired all along
the line.
One newspaper said the German
losses amounted TO between 1000 and
5000 men, while they abandoned Il
machine guns. A squad Of Belgian
lancers, according to another report,
was completely wiped out after 1t had
killed $50 German uhlans- A force OF
10000 Germans passed through Man
hay Gutenberg, on Wednesday in the
direction Of Aywaille. Belgium
The anti German feeling throughout
Belgium has become intense and many
German residents were arrested today
and charged with espionage.
Every German discovered anywhere
in the city is brought before The police,
who have considerable trouble in pro-
Jecting the prisoners from attacks by
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The patriotic enthusiasm here is ex-
ira ordinary Nearly all the citizens
wear badges with the colors Of Bel
GUM, France and England combined.
Queen VIII Be Nurse.
Thousands Of women Of all classes
have been enrolled as Red Cross nurses
and are awaiting the arrival of the
wounded from the battlefields around
Iiege- King Albert has handed over
his palace TO the Red Cross society and
the queen will act as a nurse.
Many hotels also have been trans
formed into Red Cross stations, and the
citizens Of Brussels have gwen up their
carriages and automobiles for the
OF the wounded.
Boy Scouts Capture Alleged Spies.
Public subscriptions have been
opened for the relief Of the families Of
those who have fallen in the fighting.
Belgian boy scouts, while patroling
Wednesday, captured a German cavaI-
ryman and arrested two German en-
gineers believed to be spies
King Commands Belgian Army.
King Albert has assumed command
Of the troops and has issued an in
spring proclamation to the army. in
which he declares that the perfidy of /
4 naughty neighbor demands that Bel
GUM shall defend her honor and indie !
oendence-"
He bids the Belgian soldiers remem- |
Der the army's glorious deeds Of the 1
past and show themselves worthy Of 4
he trust placed in them