Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-09-03
NOW WAX HOSTS Of GERMANY
SWEPT THROUGH BELGIUM

,,,--.The daily Chronicle has
,1.,oh from one Of Its correspon'
,, IN belgium, dated ut Ghont' IN
~h,ch no tells Of the determined
.weep of the Germans through the
a.Ian cast of Brussels and the occu-
te 49, of I,ouvain, which had been un-
.I ,hon tho headquarters OF tho Bel
CLAN army. a..
Tho correspondent says that an
.,ormous German force was hung
sgoiust Louvain. which wac the weak
noint of the Belgian line. and from
n,est 10 Louvain the Belgian left was
turned.
Germans 10000 Strong.
Shaking with q French officer near
vsvre on Tuesday the Chronicle cor
-espondent says he was informed that
at least three German army corps
Cabout 10000 mem we're moving In
n line from Tasselt to Tongres and
vsremme. with the object Of break
ing through the Belgian line at any
cost The force was covered by an
immense cavalry screen, the same
force with which the French and the
Belgians we're 30 hotly engaged all
Tuesday
"The Germans on that particular
day." the correspondent continues.
were repeatedly attacked and cut up
nv the French Dragons. But the al
lies cavalry, pursuing the retreating
enemy far beyond the advanced posts
dtannunrad the
presence of large German army.
There was nothing for It but to fall
back rapidly, and this wac accom-
pllshed in good order and with prac-
tcaly no loss.
Battle Line Thirty Milea Long.
"The main German advance over a
front of about thirty miles appears to
have begun at daylight yesterday. At
six o'clock yesterday morning !
reached an advance post, anticipating
from some OF the operations of the
previous day that ! was to witness
the first great battle OF this war. |
then found that during the night the
situation had completely changed.
Some pickets of the allied cavalry
had been driven in by the enemy's
cavalry that they had been sent to
reconnoiter, and they returned with
the information that they had come
in contact with large bodies Of the
enemy moving by routes parallel with
the Belgian and French line.
Hot Battle at Dlest.
The first shock of the invader was
encountered at Diest. This place,
which so heroically resisted them last
week, was fiercely attacked. The old
forts and walls. most OF which are on
the northern side, formed but weak
protection against the heavy fire OF
.he enemy. The shell fire soon made
the dsEenses untenable and the garri-
son ret$eated, evacuating the town.
The CGermans then advanced eau
tous\y, fearing a surprise. The Bel
gian cavalry, which was covering the
rear guard, had several brushes with
the enemy, who repeatedly sought to
cut them of. The impetuosity OF the
Begans led to their charging the en-
envy and mourning great losses.
louvaln Easy TO Win.
Wub lhc uCAl pluN0 Ut
which the Germans flung themselves.
Here their task was comparatively
light, as 1t was undefended.
1T is a sleepy-looking little medic
val town, noted for the profundity OF
its classical learning and the beauty
of its gothic architecture.
"A small force of infantry and cav
airy held the place as long as possible
and then retreated A number OF shots
were fired at the enemy by the small
defending force, and | am informed
that later the invaders made this
slight resistance a pretext for burning
several houses in the vicinity OF Lou.
vain
Late yesterday evening the main
road from Louvain toward Brussels
was packed with retreating soldiers
and fugitives. Everywhere the people
had turned to account their light
carts, TO some of which were har
messed teams Of dogs. such as one sees
everywhere In Flanders. Others had
horses attached. and when animal
traction failed sons and daughters
harnessed themselves TO vehicles and
laboriously toiled toward succor, drag
slng the carts laden with the aged and
lnlirm or weeping mothers with young
children and babies in their arms.
Many Had Lost All.
Numbers of, these poor people had
lost everything, their money. their
clothes, their horses, their cattle. The
russian wolf had descended upon
their peaceful hamlet so rapidly that
IN many cases they had barely time to
escape with their lives.
l conversed with many of these
homeless ones both on this side of the
road to Brussels and this morning In
uhent. One man came across said
ne lived just outside Louvain and had
Deen working in the fields, unaware OF
the proximity of the enemy. He
turned round suddenly and saw his
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