The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-02
BELGIAN KING NEAR
DEATH IN A S0RTIE
Shrapnel Tears Wheel From
Auto From Which He Com
mands Troops.
ANTWERP FOILS AIR RAID
Zeppelin Menaces City. hut Ter
rifle Fusillade Keeps 1t Out
side FOrtifications.
ANTWERP FOILS AIR RAID
~ FERDINAND TuOuY,
Special correspondent ~ Tar srN and me
london "Doiiv Wat"

Special correspondent ~ Tar srN and me
london "Doiiv Wat"
Special Cdbie DeSpotch 10 THE SIS.
ABBEvrLLE Department Of the Somme,
France. Sept. IA Belgian subaltern
who has arrived here from Antwerp
says that King Albert had hairbreadth
escape in a sortie toward Malines while
directing the operations of the Belgian
army from his automobile 4 shrapn =
burst ten yards away from the Kings
car and one Of the rear wheels was
blown Off.
A second Zeppelin raid was at
tempted against Antwerp at o'clock
Saturday morning but terrific fusil-
lade kept the airship outside the fortili-
cations
The city is in absolute darkness
No lights Of any description are per
mitted. Even the royal palace must
use candles.
The Belgians concur with the French
and British in saying that the big Ger
man guns are poor. Every second
shell. they say. fails to explode. But
the German machine gun fire is des-
cribed as murderous.
The Germans have Installed quick
firers in villas all around Antwerp. \
Belgian detachment of $50 was sur
prised when snatchlng n meal and 300
Of them were moved down. their food
still in their hands, by a gun installed
in a parish church. An artist arrested
by the Germans near Namur was com
PEELED to march with the army for a
day Hr told his experiences to the cor
respondent.
Guards with Fixed BayOncts.
After sleeping I'm n barn with a
Zouave guarding US with fixed bayonet
we were aroused at o'clock in the
morning and were told to peel potatoes.
At s o'clock the soldiers began to form.
Orders came like pistol shots.
Woe 10 the man who was slightly
out of line; a close cropped officer spat
at him. was placed in the middle of
the column and realized the iron dis
cipiine. The road was inches thick In
chalky dust which rose in clouds over
head. The ranks were never per-
mitted to open for air. but plodded all
day except for an occasional block.
Otherwise It was like a parade. Now
and then men waited with buckets into
which the soldiers dipped aluminium
cups az they swung along. Other men,
similarly, had biscuit tins, sweets,
prunes and such things, but the march
went on.
81 tried in vain to redlscover the
personality Of the German civilian In
the big fellows, heavily burdened, with
| dust clInging to the stubble boards
| who marched. dull eyed. and occa
sionally with childlike slyness showed
the prisoners a little kindness. but whc
carried out. machine like. whatever was
ordered. At noon was handed over
to officers and obtained a seat in a
| char-a- banc full OF officers so | was
able to observe the marvellous organiza-
ton. The pace was a walk, but was
continuous.
Ammunition wagons. field pieces
carts filled with -four. whole trains Oh
enormous pontoons drawn by heavy
horses. great traction engines pulling
siege guns. landaus, automobiles filleC
with doctors all advanced at the sam,
pace. Some OF the vehicles were
chalked, Berlin to Paris Sometimes
an enormous gray notorious dashed
past and | saw through the glass side!
the staff officers bending over maps
Every driver and service man carried
weapons. The great wagons simply
bristled with rifles,
I'VE passed crowds OF peasants re
turning to their ruined homes, ole
women wheeled in barrows, children
and women In wagons, many mel
trudging. carrying their boots. 1t wa
pitiful To see them humbly raising thel
hats to the invaders.
Many villages In Ruins.