The Elbert County tribune., 1914-08-21
SWEEPS ALLIED FOES ASIDE AS
WORLDS BIG BATTLE
RACES.
SHELLS SPREAD TERR0F
OVER VAST AREA AS EMPERoR,s
MEN RUSH FOR ATTACK
ON BRUSSELS.
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London, Aug. 20.-The German bat.
tie line is sweeping toward the French
frontier. carrying all before 1t.
The formidable Liese forts, the only
check to the Kaiser's advance, have
fallen; the rock that stemmed the
tide of Teutonic invasion has been car
ried away. and wave upon wave OF
Germany's picked forces are being
hurled against the allied lines.
The German army has penetrated to
the north and south of the besieged
.ity. The German advance formed a
huge concave around the Belgian city
and. as the last fort fell, like a
.tretched bow-string the Kaiser's front
eaped forward, breaking through all
resistance.
The ominous booming of artillery
ire is heard within the walls of Brus-
sells. Fighting between skirmishers is
'eported to be going on within sight OF
he city. The Belgian capital. the
great stepping stone to Paris. is trem-
bling, almost defenseless. before the
kaiser's victorious march
From the south Austria Is rushing
:oward the great battlefield. Up the
valley OF the Rhine Francis Joseph's
men are dragging the famous Tyrolean
mountain artillery.
The attacking forces are concentrat-
ing toward the center OF Belgium, the
great field Of Waterloo. The big siege
guns used against the Liege forts are
being conveyed toward Brussels. An
other division is forging toward Ma
muir.
The allies seem bewildered by the
suddenness OF the attack
The Belgians are retreating toward
Antwerp. taking with them the seat OF
government.
Desperate fighting is in progress
along the entire front. The much
feared German infantry is reported to
be drawing near the advance lines in
great force under cover of field artil-
lery and cavalry. This is taken as an
indication that the Kaiser feels the
great. decisive battle Is close at hand.
The line of communication between
the German forces and German soil Is
unbroken at any point. More and more
troops are being poured across the
Belgian front to support the attacking
columns
Half of Belgium swarms with Ger
many's men. and the advance of the
German flag Eas been carried every
where beyond t.Ne Meuse.
The curt announcement In a tele-
gram from Brussels OF fierce fighting
between Belgian and German troops
along an extended front is generally
accepted in London az indicating the
real beginning of the first great bat
tie of the war.
The German attack is again re-
ported made on the direct orders OF
Emperor William himself to his gem
erals in the field.
The extent of the line of fighting
has not yet been revealed. but presum-
ably it stretches in a north and south
line. Beyond this. its definite loca-
tion is virtually guesswork.
An engagement is reported to have
take place in northern Limburg An
important Franco-German battle is ex-
pected.
Refugees from Diest. Tirlemont and
other towns in that section of Belgium
who fled as the Germans approached
are coming into Brussels in great num-
bers. They declare that since the in
habitants vacated Tirlemont, German
shells have been dropping in the town.
A dispatch to the Paris Midi from
Brussels says cannonading was dis.
tinctly heard in Brussels at 6 O'Clock
yesterday morning. The correspondent
adds it is understood that a German
army is marching on Brussels by way
of Huy and Jodoigne.