The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-08
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death Of 5000 and disablement of thou
sands Of the enemy and the defeat OF
two crack corps Of Brandenburgers.
Uhlans who attempted to assassinate
General Leman were not disguised;
they wore uniforms. General Leman's
residence was revealed by German
spies whose name il legion. Three
Germans at Zeebrugge driving two au-
tomobiles were discovered cutting tele-
graph wires. General Leman himself
received reports of an alarming nature
purporting to come from his own Of
ncers but really dispatched by Ger
mans.
German Losses Are Terrific.
Twenty-Five thousand Germans out
Of a total force of $4,000 operating
about Liege have fallen in the three
mans were driven back again Friday
in three desperate charges.
Furious fighting continues and the
dead and wounded are lying unattend-
ed on the battlefield.
News has been received here that q
French army has entered Belgium and
is advancing toward the support Of the
Belgians.
The French are coming up" was
the cry that rang along the I1iege for
tifications. There Is wild enthusiasm
over the continued victories of the
The events before Liege are consid-
cred as merely the rs!sink of the cur
tain and that Belgium will once more
be the country where the destin1es OF
Europe will be decided.
Trains filled with wounded ana
fugitive noncombatante are arriving
here hourly from Liege and neign6or-
ing towns along the battle line. Eye
witnesses Of the fighting say the BEL
gians were in the best of spirits when
tho inc loft T.faGo
ssIf there had not been ten Germans
to one Belgian said one OF the
wounded Belgfans. mot one German
would have got through our lines
Though in good spirits the Belg1anS
are partially exhausted from their so
hours of fighting without rest. the
arrival of the French will be well
coined.
Mown Down by Hundreds.
Noncombatants arriving say they
saw Germans mown down by nunoreos
in front of the trenches and entang!e-
ments by the gun and rifle fire OF the
Belgians but were replaced by otners
who crawled forward like weasels
In certain places in the fighting zone
the ground was covered with dead. the
burial of which, 1t was said Will Jake
at least q week.
Liege has witnessed the successful
use of an aerOplane as an engine OF
war. Rising from the German camp
and attaining a great tetght q war
aeroplane sailed over Fort Fleuron
and attempted to lombard it from
the sky. A storm Of small-arm IRE
failed to cripple the flying machine,
and a bomb was dropped and fell out
side the fort, doing no damage. But
the pilot Of the aeroplane kept on
toward the city and dropped three
bombs exploded with tremendous
force and thirty persons were killed
outright. The bodies OF several were
blown to bits.
The four bombs evidently exhausted
the store of ammunition Of the avta-
he circled and successfully braved the
fire OF Fort Evegnee. - -s=s--s''>
Historic Buildings Fired.
Late and fragmentary reports from
Liege state that the city is suffering
severely from the German lombard
ment in an effort to clear a path for
the advance of the kaiser's troops to-
ward Paris. Exploding shells have
set fire to a number of historic build
dral of st. Haul. the Palais de Justice.
the church of st. Jacques. the Theatre
Royale and the university. Students
and citizens who are noncOmbatants
successfully fought tn. fires in the
city, but in Bressoux. where the Ger
mans are IN 1OTCo, uTcS tnIcdlcu lno
destruction of the suburb.
Thus far the brave and stubborn
defense of Liege has cost the German
army dearly and the Belgians have
confidence that they will be able to
hold General Won Emmich in check
until they are reinforced by the
French and other Belgian troops.
BY a ruse the Belgians drew the
Germans into a trap and then shot
them down like cattle. They made q
show of evacuating the outer fort
resses. The Germans pressed f1ercely.
but their force was almost annihi-
lated. Twenty-seven field pieces were
engagement.
Charge After Charge.
Three times during the night the
German attacking column was hurled
against the Notifications.
Three times in an afternoon the
Germans formed their solid battle
lines and with desperate courage
force. Their charges took them across
the open places in front Of the city
and they were moved down rank by
rank, by the devastating fire from the
/. Belgian artillery. The close order
(, tactics of the Germans made their
closely together their columns were
wiped out by entire squads.
/ Despite their appalling losses the
! Germans Continued their splendid
dash. One detachment actually sue
/ ceeded in entering Liege. Desperate
fighting followed In the streets.
Scarcely any Of the German invaders
made their escape back to their lines
| Following the retreat the ground
! between the forts and the invaders was
strewn with the dead and wounded.
Scores OF the dead were heaped up
against the rsmparts.
! Hundreds OF the German wounded are
being cared for in Liege. Many more
have been brought to this city. Public
/! faith in the army Is complete. Evacua-