The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-28
NAMUR is NEXT
POINT OF ATTACK
Germans Occupy Brussels-War Tax of
Forty Million Dollars Levied on
City By the Germans.

Paris.-An official statement says:
"Namur is partially invested. Heavy
artillery fire opened on the city. The
westward movement of the German
columns continues on both banks Of
the Mouse outside the range of action
at Namur.
German cavalry forces passed
through Brussels going westward,
They were followed later by an army
corps.
"a war tax of forty million dollars
has been levied on the city of Brus.
sells by the German general.
THE retreat of the Belgians con
tinued without incident.
"As already announced after re-
conquering the frontier, our troops ad.
vanced into Lorraine along front ex-
tending in the Donan mountain to
Chateau Salins. They drove the Ger
mans back into the valley Of the Seille
river and the marshy district, and our
advance guards reached Define, Dieuze
and Morhange.
Several German army corps made
a vigorous counter attack, and our
advance guards fell back. The fight
was fierce on both sides, and in view
of the greatly superior number of
Germans our troops, who had been
fighting continuously for six days, re-
treated
"Our left covers the advance works
of Nancy and our Eight is firmly estab-
lished in the Donan hills.
"Details received show that the re-
occupation of Muelhausen was a great
success. The offensive, first along the
line from Thanh to Dannemarie dam
merkirch), and then on to Muelhausen,
was carried out with rare dash. By
a bold stroke Gen. Paul Pau, once he
was master at Thanh and Dennema-
RE, directed the troops west of Muel-
hansen, giving the enemy an oppor-
tunity to engage him betwee nour
lines and the Swiss frontier, and then
by a second move the Germans were
thrown back on Muelhausen."
Soldiers Fought Like Demons
London.-A dispatch to the Reuters
News agency from Client, Belgium,
says:
THE fight at Aerschot was extreme
ly hot. The appearance of two Ger
man aviators was the first intimation
that the Germans, who had been re-
pulsed on the previous day, intended
to renew the attack.
Flying low, the German aviators
surveyed the position and then re-
turned to report.
soon afterwards the German in
fantry, supported by machine guns,
and artillery, opened a fierce attack.
THE troops on both sides fought
like demons and the battle soon be-
came a veritable butchery.
1.-TWO Belgian regiments which al
ready had distinguished themselves in
the forts of Liege, held the invaders
in check for two hours.
Both sides were losing heavily
when the retreat was sounded.
Major Gilsonal took charge Of the
Belgian rear guard, which fought so
stubbornly that only seven out of his
force of 2SS men returned.
Retreat to Antwerp Explained
Washington.-An official explana-
ton of the Belgian field army's back
ward movement toward Antwerp was
given in the following cablegram
from London, made public by the
British embassy:
"The Belgian field army, based on
Antwerp, has fallen back in that d.
rection to cover it's communication
with that fortress. In anticipation
that this might become necessary the
seat of government already had been
transferred to Antwerp
"As Brussels is an undefended city
and no longer the seat of govern
mnet, the fact that the Germans may
have occupied it is not of great i'm
portance. Moreover the present po-
sition of the Belgian field army is a
menace to the right flank of any
further German advance westward"