The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-12
COMBINED ARMIES
READY FOR ATTACK
Allies Expected to Assume Often
sive Against Enemy Within
Few Hours.
GERMANS ARE lNTRENCHING
One Invading Army Near
Tongres and Another Moves
Toward Waterloo.
GERMANS ARE lNTRENCHING

Especial Gable to Tho Times Dispstch.l
BRUSSELS. August lI.-A war Of
flee statement issued this afternoon
announces that the bulk Of tn. Ger
man army OF Invasion is intrenching
along the Ourthe River. from which
point their advance guards arc ven
turing out Another section OF the In
vaders. comprising two hvsons of
cavalry with supporting infantry and
artillery. is operating near Tongreg,
nfteen miles 10 the north of L!cge
! Another invading army is said 10 be
moving toward Waterloo and Brussels
but has failed to penetrate west of
One official statement SAYS the Ger
mans are apparently rcorganizing in
front OF Liege. preparatory TO a fresh
forward movement.
Tie Frcpch artillery is rapidly NOV
ing TO W front through this city.
The French soldiers are being widely
acclaimed by the Delgians
German reinforcements are also CON
stantly arriving French aviators arc
Z continually flying over districts where
troops arc being detrained and arc
subjected to a storm Of shots from tho
enemy.
IT Is expected that the combined
French English Belgian armies Viii
I mans within twenty four hours
GERiIAN BOMBARDNIENr
or FORTS Co3TINUEs
German bombardment OF the LlcEe
forts continues. Heavy siege guns are
4 being placed i'm position by the Ger
4 mans. since possession OF these forts
IL vital to the German operations in
i this locality. The German garrison in
the city - small. the majority OF the
army of the Mcuse. acEregating 10
coo men. still being engaged in the
siege. The wary German commander
has refrained from leading his troops
into the city. fearing Q trap.
Many brilliant sor,ics have been
4 made by the Eelgians from the forts
German commands operating apart
from the main army being attacked
and driven back with severe losses.
30 vicious has the lighting been about
tho city that 1t is reported the Meuse
IS running red with the blood OF the
dead and wounded.
II Is officially announced here that
the German loss TO date IN the Bol-
SIAN campaign was 1000 dead. 10000
wounded and ?.70o prisoners Refurecx
say IN" i5clgian loss Is heavy. and
that all the hospitals OF Client and
other nearby cities are filled
~ Illustrating the bravery with
which the BclSians have resisted in
Nasioh o' Their territory. details were
received here to-day Of the defense OF
ilerstal village jus, outside Liese.
bE the women workers In the Belgian
national arms factory. The men were
away fighting IL the army. and the
women entered into = compact To de-
iend 10 the death the factory They
armed themselves with revolvcrs and
othef weapons with which they re
pulsed several charges of the Uhlans
hen their ammunition was exhausted
me women barricadcd themselves in
the factory houses from which they
poured boiling water on the German
soldiers. II is declared that $500 Ger.
mans were disabled BY wounds md
sca!ds. Children and old men shared
~ The defense Of Iefstai. and on Fri
day tEe Belgian colors still noated from
the factory building
ne following sunday a pontoon
bridge thrown over the Neusc BY the
Germans at IIerstal was destroyed by
the BclEians. who got the correct range
OF u with their guns. In the face OF
heavy hrc the Germans get TO work
and reconstructed the bridge.
DESPERATE ATTACK
On FORT sERAING
The Germans made n desperate at
tack on Fort .SeraihA south of Liege.
on Sunday night and were repuIsed
with heavy loss. Belgian reports. saw
500 Germans were killed within an
area Of half a square mile. bridge
which the Germans were crossing was
shattered by the fire from the fort.
The Germans attempted the assault
with great courage. Some OF thelr.
dead were found, directly in front of
the barb wire fencing that surrounds
the fort.
Copies OF German war plans arc al
legged 10 have been found on captured
uhisn officers. IT is claimed that the
army which is operating about Tonyres
Is the main German invading army.
! They are said also to confirm the be
lief that Germany expected no opDo-
! sition in Belgium. According 10 these
plans which have been made public
by the Belgian War Office. the Ger
mans had intended to occupy Brussels
on August 3 and push right on to
on August So
AS further evidence of these plans to
traverse Bel2ium quickly, 1t is claimed
that n German prince owning a cele-
brated chateau here was given ad-
vance information and six weeks ago
he dismantled his chateau. sending all
his plate. works of art and other VAL
uables to Germany
/ Persistent reports say that the Ger
mans are lacking in spirit, and appear
to he suffering from hunger. Two
4, German officers OF high mark. who
We're captured. said they had had moth
! ing TO eat for three days. IL is re-
| lated also that at the occupation of
! Tongres, which the Belgians evacuated,
the Uhans took S3.250 from the town
| treasury sd post office. and forth
| with expended S240 for food.
INFORMATION BUREAU
1 MAKES ms FIRST REPORT
/ LONDON. August 1.-THE new Ad-
/ bureau, established by the British gov
/ OF lie