The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-14

Halfway to Brussels.
It is understood that the German
troops are being massed along a line
extending from Thionville to Liege.
Engagements have taken place prin-
cipally along the line between Tirle-
mont and st. Trond, and halfway be-
tween Orsemael and Gussenhaven.
Tirlemont is halfway from Liege to
Brussels.
An official statement says the Ger
mans are apparently recognizing in
front of Liege preparatory to fresh.
forward movement.
The French artillery is rapidly NOV
ing to the front through this city.
The French. soldiers are wildly ac-
claimed by the Belgians.
German re-enforcements are also
constantly arriving along the Ourthe
river, where an official Belgian re-
port says they are intrenching.
French aviators are continually fly
ing over the district where troops are
being detrained and are subjected to
storm Of shots from the enemy.
1t is expected that the combined
French En- glish-Belgian armies will
assume the aggressive against the
Germans within twenty-fcur hours.
Desperate Battle Continues.
Desperate fighting at Liege has
been going on all day, according to
reports from the front. The forts,
so-often reported in German hands,
still are held by the Belgians, who
continue dealing death to the kaiser's
troops that are fighting heroically to
take them
1t Is reported that the Iron Corps"
Of the German army has been added
to the troops before Liege, making.
100000 men in all held back by that
hornets nest The vigor with which
they attached the forts again during
the day indicates that they have i'm
perative orders to take the fortifi.
cations at once.
Figures Losses at $1,000.
= The war department officially an
nounced that it estimates the Ger
man loss in the fighting of the last
two days at $500, of which number
500 were killed and the rest wounded.
The war department. estimates the
German loss since the beginning of
the fighting at /, the Liege forts at
31,700 men. OF this number 1000
were killed, 10000 wounded and 3,T00
taken prisoners.
Before the last attack on the forts
another summons was. sent to Gen
eral Leman to surrender This was
his reply:
'Belgians may die, but they never
surrender.
According to newspaper dispatches
here, an aeroplane flying over Ma
muir was winged by artillerists in
the forts, and two officers occupying
the machine, both .uninjured by their
fall, were taken prisoners.
Many villages in the vicinity have
been burned by the Germans, the in
habitants being given but half an
hour for flight. The Germans have
field and machine guns.
The days attack opened at a. m.
with, terrific .bonlbardment by the
heaviest guns the Germans could
bring to bear on the forts All day
long the heavy shells pounded away,
but they seem to have made little inn
preston. From the nickel steel cupo-
las in which the Belgian guns are
mounted the heaviest shells glance
off, and when the Germans attempt
to move troops within the zone Of
fire they find the forts as ready as
ever TO sweep them with rapid-fre
guns.
Find Princes Body.
At the very head of the column the
Belgians found the body Of Prince
William of Lippe and his young SON.
who had led the mad charge on Sun
day. The Belgians were so impressed
with their bravery that they gave
them burial with honors of war at
the foot of the slope where they had
fallen. They were killed by the ma
chine guns.
There is a vigorous campaign here
against German spies, who are
known to be swarming everywhere.
Trainloads of Belgian wounded are
arriving here every day. Every hos
pital in this city and IN Client is full,
and the wounded are now being cared
for In the converts, factories and
other buildings.
The people look on In silence as the
hundreds of manned men are carried
by their comrades from the trains to
their cots.
German Paper Tells of Victory.
Berlin, Aug 12.--An important VIC,
tory of the German troops over the
french at MlIelhausen AIsana is an