New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-15
GERMANS HAMPERED
BY BELGIAN PLANES
Enemys Guns Repeatedly Trained Aircraft but Latter
Have Never Been Hit-Ofensive Move
ments Always Noted.

London Aug Tbe correspondent Daily Chronicle
the Belgian headquarters teegraphs:
All quiet along the front to-day wondering the
Prussian blow will aeroanes doing magnificent
work. Whatever else this war may do certainly Belgium
utility eropanes for scouting purposes
Cavalry hitherto has required the and of armies AM
20 t, d mon are stu indispensable for searching out the
bringing but what chance has the enemy TO
from the keen OF amen phed at
OF 5000 feet
Belgian aeopanes They gulary the
relied coneamnt and final dash to break through
defence German have been repeatedly turned on
Belgian air scouts but not single one has been mt Inc reports ~
go received heavy infantry reinforce
position occupied OF Lege This admirable co-
defensive tactics, the German has already found to his cost
displays faulty scouting and for reconnaissance work
the cavalry lack and display little intelligence the
delicate looking hidden while the invader 10
daily until he falls OF Belgian bayonets S"ars
still riding about the pagng houses and IL
the popuace In the late afternoon learned that considerable
enemys cavalry been Beenen the northwest
of the roads would indicate the
artillery radng cavalry Numbers Oh
CHAM defending Antwerp but
speedily before body Belgian cavalry forward
gage thn possible any This about the
only point of attempted
to break through activity quarter portend
Does it mean battle simply reconnaissance n The
twenty-four will probably furnish the
number OF German prisoners, chiefly cavalry brought into
to-day without boots others bareheaded They looked
detected All had been without food for days The
popuace showed itself distinctly hostile but the military promptly
the mforne OF fallen foes The prisoners
barracks All the civil population OF Namnr have been
dmd by order OF the military governor ana 'e same ep mas oe
with other villages lest any pretex reprsas
cruelt perpraed by appalling but without further
evidence one hesitate o credit them here
The Germans with heavy have begun fresh bombadmnt
ge far has been nconsderab The
the left bank Of the Meuse bearing the brun of the German
which principally Ponsse Forts Hoogue and
Female severely bonbarded These
be closely invested Under OF the darkness the invaders attempted
Ponsse whose throughout has particularly
CALLING for Germans An attacking column armed with hand grende
and huge wire reached the ouwork
Their presence detected by the Belgian garrison who
artillery opened with shells which neghbodhood
Machine then able bring
and practically annihiaed attacking
The fed pelmel the German
take by surprise.
Following the device Of the Japanese Germans
their night the Ponts provided with
shields protect the and bags ntrnch-
tools order dig themselves
tanning odgmen the
the belt works around Lge 1t dominates
railway line and the main
would be securing
invading The German headquarters
point the left bank
staff having fortified themselves a denied
Won Emmc the German commander committed suicide
his before Lge Great indignation
by Uhans million
self branch of the Bank Of Belgium