The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-08-22
Invaders Push Army Forward
by Mere Weight of
Numbers.
MOVEMENTS OF INFANTRY
INDICATE BIG FIGHT NEAR
March West From Tongres to Confront
Allied Army-Germans Claim
Their Plans Are Proceed
ing satisfactorily.
--latest DtsbatcAes. J

London.-Pushing forward by mere
weight of numbers, the German ad-
vance across Belgium is slowly but
steadily proceeding.
1t soon must come in contact with
the allied armies, which, according to
to an official communication from
Brussels, are in battle order at some
point unnamed
The Belgians in the outpost Skin
mishing are said to have inflicted Sc
we're checks on the German forces, but
on the whole the German wing has
kept on it's way and has reached a
line from north of Namur to HaeIen,
which suggests that the first big bat
tie will be fought somewhere between
LOuvain and Diest, where the allies
probably will try to block the roads
to Brussels and Antwerp and prevent
the German attempt to render North
Belgium untenable.
Right Wing Is Advancing.
Tirlemont, Belgium.-The advance
of the infantry strength of the right
wing of the German army operating
in Belgium has become more pro-
nounced and general.
The infantry is marching west from
Tongres with the intention, it is be-
lieved, of forming battle front on a
line in advance of st. Trond and Has
self
The cavalry of the right wing, which
has penetrated the Belgian lines sew
eral times, skirmishing at Diest, Jo-
doigne, Tirlemont and other places, oc-
cupies position to the right of Has
self. In case of a general infantry and
artillery attack it may be sent on a
detour' to the north to strike behind
the allied left wing.
German Plans Working Out.
Berlin.-The German advance is pro-
ceeding as planned. Whatever losses
the army has sustained in the opera
lions on the French borders and in
Belgium were expected.
The German forward movement con-
tinues along the very lines selected by
the general staff. 1t was expected that
there would be losses, but the very
fact that the forward movement pro-
ceeds and that the army is pushing
on toward Paris shows that the claims
of great German disasters are I'M
founded.
French and Belgian prisoners of war
are being sent to the concentration
camps. No details of the army posi-
tionS are known, and the information
regarding the fighting already in prog
ress is confined to meager official bull
letins in which facts concerning forces
engaged and positions attacked are
withheld.
So severe is the censorship that the
location of regiments is known only
to the war Office and the members Of
the general staff.
Japan Into the War.
Washington, D. C.-CabIe reports
received here from agents of the
United States government in Toxic
state that a declaration of war by
Japan against Germany is expected,
possibly within the next twenty-four
hours.
The exact nature of these reports
cannot be learned, but they are given
credence in official circles. They did
not come to the state department. 1t
appears that the state department s
representatives have not confirmed this
information, although that department
is understood to be making every eff
fort to obtain definite official informa-
| ton of the intentions Of the Japanese
government.
March Toward Brussels.
Brussels.-That a general German
forward movement is in progress all
along the line, with Louvain, Water
loo and Brussels as the objective, was
! indicated.
Dispatches from the front report
great masses of German infantry, sup
ported by artillery, and with their
TANKS protected by cavalry and mo-
| tor cycle detachments, pressing slowly
against the Belgian advanced line. 1t
is believed that a general advance has
| been ordered.
Brussels.-With their big siege guns
out of action, the Germans now are
| trying to storm the forts at Lege, par
ticularly Fort Pontisse, on the left
bank of the Mouse, which dominates
| the river crossing.