The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13
GERMANS BEGIN
FRESHPH Of
THEIR CAMP PA|GN
First Plans Failing, They
Entrcnch on Maestricht-
Liege Front.
TERRIFIC COMMANDMENT
ON LIEGE FORTS RENEWED
Determined to Silence Guns
Which Are Obstructing
Army's Advance,
|BELGIAN LANCERs DEFEATED
1They Are Routed by Cavalry With
Rapid-f'irc Guns Mounted
on Horses.
TERRIFIC COMMANDMENT
ON LIEGE FORTS RENEWED
LANcERs DEFEATED
Rapid-f'irc Guns Mounted
on Horses.

L Special Gable 10 Tho Times Dispatch
BRUSSELS, August Io.--'rhe Ger
mans arc commencing 4 fresh pha -.
of Tic war. Their attack through Cen
ual Belgium having failed. they are
|intrcnchinE along the Macstricht-L -Lieg 9
front Hundreds OF peasants are being
or tho road south through
The Provinces or 1.iere and l.uNe7n
burg forcshadowinI. il is believed, An
|att.npt to force their way to the
South ~ tive Ourthc and toward tho
|tp;er Mesusc. in France.
There has been fighting In tho neigh
|horhood or Licgc All day. and the roar
Of the renewed bombardment ~ the
|LteEe forts can be heard twenty miles
away.
\ fight of Importance occu,rtS at
|Tiriemont, where thousand German
|cRvalty, with quick firing guns mount
|cd on horses attacked q rcglmcnt OF
Hcl.iu i.ancers, |, is believed 10 be
the iirst time that quick firing guns
Were used III such :. uiauu.t The Hcl
I-isns were driven or. with loss OF
two officers and a small number or
|neu in KILLED and wounded.
l:i:ItNt\ CAVALRY FALLS
BACk ti.L ALONG LINE
Tho German cavalry. which Oh Mon
|.'s ana Tuesday .prcnd itself out over
II front cNtcuding from 81 Trond TO
liannut. At the Same ti-uc sending dc
|,schments m the direction OF Tirle-
|luunt, Houcacrdc and Jodoiync. have
fallen back cXeep; at one point. where
ihcy are keeping IN contact with the
llIcl-ians.
Heavy siege guns have been brought
|up before LieGc hy tho Germans, md
l. las, desperate effort is apparently to
be made now To reduce the forts fhc
HERMAN advance ia being greatly re
|tardcd by the Licre fortifications, as
|the> dominate the routes IA ken hv me
|Gcrmars and also tho intervals be
II ween tho forts thereby preventing the
Ina s>age OF the artillery and transport
Wagons.
Tie Germans have erected a bridge
4, I.ixhe FOR the transport 81 troops
land heavS material, and II is believed
possible that simultaneously an at
tempt will be made 10 cross the Mcuse
IN front OF Liege, for conveys have
hcen sighted proceeding toward EnRis.
|R town 10 the southwest OF l.iege.
The BON bardmcnt Of the l.icgc forts
|has heen going on terrihcally all day,
land reports OF serious damage TO the
Notifications are received II is not
believed that they can hold out much
longer
Meanwhile. the Germans are erect
ling fortifcntions in the streets Of
IieGe with = view 10 restricting pos
|sihle Belgium attack at the right flank.
The German general staff has in
|stalled itself In tho Convent of the
Sacred Heart in Liege. which is strong
|ly barricaded. The Germans are also
|accumulatlng quantities OF flour, III
case they should ind themselves in
vested instead or being the besiegers
GERMAN RETIREMENT
BECOMING MORE MARKED
AT official statement issued by the
Belgian War Office announces that the
IN r.i,,
lis becoming more marked
These reports must be taken at their
face value. Another report from
|Maestricht says strong German col
umH. supplied with heavy artillery. is
moving against Namur Heavy firing
Is also reported 10 have been heard at
FTongrcs to-day.
II !s the general belief that at or
near Namur will occur the big battle
Tor which the way is now being pre-
pared. Though no word Of the mose-
inents OF the French or British is given
|out, u Is believed that the allies are
concentrating there. Nine forts OF II
character similar TO those at Liegr
surround Namur which is only about
|onc-nith the size of Licgc. The forts at
Namur arc closer together. however
|and the ground about the city is mucn
|l.iege
Beisian aviators made flights to-da.
|as Tar as the German frontier. Ger
man aviator also flew over Brussels IL.
|day ut height OF 2.0On feet, defyinc
all efforts tc bring him down hy ri3c
fire.
Baron Won Zuilcnde lie Tvyclt was
shot by a sentry to-day while riding
|ih an automobile along the Nam,u.
|Liege Road
= report is received that the Ger
mans yesterday succeeded in construct
hrt.
|hear Herstal. by which Il number nf
|heayN siege guns were brought across
The river. Some OF these arc be,u1.
put In position in front OF l.ieEe. but
The majority OF them have been s.nt
along to Namur. where the big fight ~
|eEpected to occur.
dispatches from Rotterdam sny .;,,,
NAN oflicers al wise declare the rcri-
|intnt OF the Crown Prince Of ticrmal,v
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