The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-26
NAMUR TAKE N ON SUNDAY BY
 GERMAN ARM Y
English Fear Occupation of 0stend VIII Send Air
 efaftInto London

London. Aug 26.-The Daily AIau believes that the Germans will occupy Ostand for use later as a. base of op- eratious against England.
 7Thes German movement against Os- tend lssof great maportance and is dfc-s tated possibIy by naval as we'll as naIlitary cDnsd deTat tions ! says the pa- per
 coast If the Germans establish them selves there and bring up heavy ar til1ery they may render it a dangerous base Of operations against England. Airshfps acting from it could watch the channel and Thames and carry out raids against treat Britain.
 From naval standpoint Ostend is well equipped to seTve as a refuge and aaxBor. If it were strongly held by land. several German war ships might attempt "a da<sh thither from Wilhelm snaven and Helgoland. Then they could carry out harassing warfare against shipping in the channel and await . favorable opportunity for dis eznbarkIng expeditionary forces for the Britisht Isles, 2
 The Paris correspondent of the Times who had been on the battle he met a few miles outside of Phil ippeville Belgian officer and the paynaster general of l1 amur who stold him that the town of NaInur had been F40ECuplea DVs EQGs AI0I14aLS. ,lL 0dQa been subjected to a furious sbombard- r1ent and the German fire was so we'll regu1ated that the first few shots had fsilenced Fort Marchovelotte on the northeast and Fort Maizeret on the east Fort Andoy also suffered badly and was almost out of action.
 The story continues;
 The Gsermans entered the town. without encountering much resistance Fort Dave at the south east Of the. 2 town and Fort Wepion on the oppo- site side Of the Mouse and the line Of forts to theknorth still resist
 In spite of the elaborate prepara-3 tions with wire entanglenents through which passed an electrical current of. 800 volts ands the liberal use of brok- en glass, Nan1ur feu into the hands of the Germans on Sunday.
 The BeIgdans evacuated the town in an orderly manner. All rolling Stock and motor cars were removed and the stationsmastef left on the last 1oconaottTe With1 the railway cash box numbering about 3.00O. passed under the protection of a French cavalry lscreen within the French hnes.''
 The correspondent adds.
 Thus the Germans hAve done much to win mastery over the two banks Of They, however. left behind them six esof the eight forts of Nh1nur which, 1t tis expected, win yet cause them con siderabIet annoyance-
 Later on Sunday. the French ar fillery in it's turn opened fire on the stricken town of GharIeroL The Ger mans in the two stages of the engage snents had poured their shells upon the upper part of the town. The French now emptied their hail of town and under the suprsorting fire of their artillery. the French advanced slowly before stub born resistance, becoming once more masters Of the line between Thuin (eight miles south Ewest of Gshariero) and Metax At six in the evening. the fighting ceased both sides being thoroughly worn. out The next morning. before dawn the Trench axtiHey again bonn barded Char t1eroi and once more the indefa tigabIe Etroops of France swarmed the slope towards the lower part of the town, Tecapturing the villages of Chattelet, Bouhhou1x, hdarchfenne and CoulIlet The fighting at this stage of the en- fgagement was attended by heavy losses on both sides. Charleroi which Twas in the center of the action, is an industrial mining district and in the sIag heaps in the surrounding vicinity the French found admirable advan- taga
 Tn the face of a withering fire from the German mitrailleuses, the French again entered the unhappy town Of Char1eroi and, after furious fighting, drove the Germans in confusion across the SambTeri river. The French en- 1ered a city filtered with dead bat tered by shell fire and devastated br every Instrument Of modern warfare.
 Outside a delapidated inn could be seen the figure of a German officer. the head bowed over a basin of water and the latner of soap dry upon the face He had been shot while in the act of washing Another officer lay across a table, his hand holding cof- fee cup which he was raising to his lips when death found him. Tn every part Of the city houses were in flames or sxno1derlnga Every cellar was oc- c.ipied b5 terror stricken inha bitants. .
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