Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-25

line Of nearly 100 miles, spreading Out
in formidable fanlike movement, pre-
coded by swarms Of scouts In all direc-
tons. which sweep the country from
Brussels to Arlon. fifteen miles north
west Of Luxembourg. The German hordes
are on the march over five dinerent
routes toward France. They Will ma
men to meet them.
Our troops, in conformity with the
plan laid down, are harassing them on
the right and left banks of the Mouse,
keeping in constant contact and klihns
as many members of the scouting party
as possible. / witnessed, Friday, series
of engagements outside Charleroi. l saw
our outposts everywhere. l heard rine
fire here and there. and saw now and
then troopers coming in. bringing prls-
oners. Our cavalry was in splendid form
and eager for action. Two hundred yards
from a bridge I saw seven Uhlans COM
ing out of a wood. Three of them were
shot down at once. The remainder fed.
Take Place Before Namur.
"At 2 o'clock this afternoon guns
were heard in the north. The Germans
coming from Eghezee had placed heaVy
batteries of siege guns in position be-
fore Namur. The Namur forts imme-
dately sent in such murderously ac-
curate fire in reply in less than nan
an hour a German battery was silenced
and half its guns demolished.
Another line of attack chosen py tne
Germans was between Braine lAlleuo
and Genappe southeast of Brussels, over
a front twelve miles long The German
batteries here met the same rate.
1.-TWO men who have just come mere
from Namur state that at O'CLOCK TINS
for Givet, but the service had stopped.
They started on foot, and when hal1-
way to Charleroi saw hamlet on hre
Suddenly a battery of four guns opened
on a wood. and in an instant sWarms
disorder Right and left the rifle fre
shot them down. At one place they came
out four abreast and the entire column
was swept down.
Engagement at Charleroi.
A dispatch to the Daily News from
Paris says that the Germans bombarded
Charleroi between noon and O'CLOCK
Saturday. They came into the town by
way of the left bank of the sambre
river. That same evening French troops
arrived but as the Germans kept up
fire from the houses in the lower part of
the town the French were forced to
bombarded it. and that portion Of the
place was soon in flames.
The same day the Germans set fire to
a whole series of outlying villages.
destroying Marchiennes, Monceau-Cur-
Sambre and Erlues and Chaelet.
Since yesterday morning the Germans
have been attacking Charleroi, which the
French are holding, says the Daily
Mails Ostend correspondent, telegraph
ing Monday. The Germans invaded the
town from the Montagny side, and came
out by the turning bridges in front OF
the railway station.
There was hot fight for the posses
sion of the bridges as well as for the
railway station and other buildings.
German shells are falling in the town.
rope as seen from the railway station
to be seriously damaged. A
mass of French artillery and troops in
endless lines poured out it is said, to-
ward Chatelet, and the Germans were
driven back with serious loss
Traveller Tells of Fighting.
A traveller who has reached Paris from
Chartered was a witness Of part Of the
fighting at that place. He has related
his experiences to a reporter as follows:
II was at Foreux. fifteen miles from
Erquelines. This region is covered with
a thick growth of trees. From where
was stationed I could see the passing
for hours of column after column of
German infantry. They were subjected
to a veritable hurricane Of iron from
the French artillery, and they went down
by the dozen. Nevertheless more came
forward to take the places Of the slain.
AT Solere-le-Chateau / saw German
aeroplane brought down by we'll direct
ed shot, and was told that another such
machine had met the same fate at
Nerles."
Miners Put in Front.
Another dispatch from Ostend says
that at Chartered the German troops OBJ
lieed ten Belgian miners who had just
come out of a mine with lamps in their
hands to march at the head of their adj
vance. All the miners were killed. Sim
liar tactics, according to this same
authority, were employed at Mont-Sur-
Marchienne. in the province of Hainaut.
where 200 German troops lost their way
and got into the range Of the French
guns.
The Germans attempted to lombard
the Charleroi railroad station from
Antoine Furthermore they
are reported as having fired on the
Charleroi prison, although this building
was flying the Red Cross flag. Only one
shell exploded. 1t killed a horse, but
without hurting the officer mounted on it.