Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-08-26
BRUSSELS TAKEN
BY GERMAN ARMY;
ENGLISH IN FIGHT
Sritain's Troops Join TricoIor and
Belgian Forces.
TEUToNs TAKE LlEGE FORTS
British join Allies in Battle Against
Kalser's Forces-son Of Emperor
Rules Belgian Town-Forts
Reported Raced.


tie which shook the streets Of Brussels
from six o'clock in the morning until
communication with the city was cut
of gives color TO the report that the
Germans have captured Brussels and
are making their great struggle for
admission to the French frontier.
Somewhere to the east and south
of Brussels 100000 Of the kaiser's best
men. backed up by reserve of $780,
900 more, have struck the main line of
the allied Belgian. French and British
troops. and it is believed that the day
OF preliminary skirmishing is past
The roar Of heavy guns came. APP
parently. from Louvain. only Is miles
east of Brussels.
In Paris It was rumored tnat the
Belgian army had retired from Lou
vain and Brussels to Antwerp, which
is highly fortified.
From German sources came re-
port that the Belgian chamber of dep
uties had yielded to the German de-
mand. and that German troops have
occupied Brussels.
Paris has heard that the German
army advancing on Brussels had come
from Huy. halfway between Liege and
Namur, and from Jodoigue, ten miles
to the northward of Namur, and that
the kaiser himself gave the order for
general advance.
Germans Encounter British.
DCf hrF II
ready reported the presence Of vast
numbers OF German soldiers-not the
scouting cavalry, always in the lead,
but the stolid infantry and the field
artillery, with which the brunt of the
fighting viii be carried on
The Germans have now encountered
the British troops, which would ildi-
cate that they have at last struck the
solid line which is meant to hold them
permanently The English have APP
parently been kept out of the prelim-
mary skirmishing and held in reserve
for the heavy days work now at hand.
The International News service here
has dispatch that the Germans are
headed for the Ardennes region. to the
southeast of Waterloo
In Confirmation OF this is dispatch
from German sources which says that
the German center is advancing stead
lily beyond Namur, though meeting
with sharp resistance from French and
English troops
This is the first definite statement
that the English have been In the
fighting.
English Officers Killed.
Curiously, the first list of casualties
issued here shows that the losses were
due to an auto accident. and not to
battle The dead are Major Onslow,
Lieutenant Perry and Private Parft
The injured, Brigadier General Short
and Colonel Edge.
kaIser's Son Ruler Of LIege.
A circumstantial report from Ger
many via Rotterdam that the forts at
Liege have been captured by the Ger
mans and are being repaired for use
as German base.
Prince Ethel Fritz has taken up his
residence in the Liege palace of JUS
tice as the personal representative of
the kaiser. Lieutenant General Won
Kolewe has been appointed military
governor of iege.
A Brussels report rs that the Bel
gians, when they found that the forts
would not stand up under the German
siege guns, blew up the forts them
selves and retired. Still another re-
port has 1t that the forts still hold out
and are fighting the Germans viciously.
French Are Near strassbure,
Paris. Aug. 19.-French cavalry have
penetrated 10 within ten miles OF
Strassburg, on the Rhine. This is one
of Germany's most important fortified
positions. Its strategic value being
equal to that of Metz A major por-
ton of the French army is reported
to be in close communication with the
advanced cavalry.
Several Engagements ReporteS..
Basel, Switzerland, Aug. ia
gigantic French army is being hurled
across the German frontier from the.
direction Of Belfort against the
masses of the German army along
the Rhine. Already several terrific
engagements have been fought. both
sides suffering enormous losses. The
menace to Germany is grave. She
must defend the Rhine at Ell hazards.
Paris Elated Over Victories.
Paris. Aug. l9-Paris is wild With
Joy over the continued victories in
Alsace, Day by day the war Office is
feeding 20 the populace stories os
French yalor and German disaster.
the taking of towns and mountain
passes, and the prospect OF reclaim
ing the whole OF the territory taken
by Germany ~ years ago.
General Jofrre. the comm3nSesin.
chief, reported to the war Office thSt
the French troops are in close passuir
OF the Germans. who are retreSting Ia
Alsace.
The war Office Immediately maze