South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-09

Dutch government has ordered all
trains at Rosendaal 10 be held for the
transport Of fugitives and the injured
from Antwerp.
The Belgian ministers have removed
to Ostend. goinf via Flanders. Con
ficting reports concerning the where
abOuts of King Albert have reached
London. one report says the king
and his queen remain in the city. the
king directing the defense and the
queen ministering 20 the wounded in
the hospitals. Another is that the
king left with his ministers and is
now in Ostend.
Besides making a successful cross
ing Of the Nethe river the Germans
have brought up another strong force
10 the attack OF Antwerp from the
village OF West Male. about Il miles
east OF northeast from Antwerp.
Open Siege Artillery.
Before crossing the Nethe an ad-
vance which they effected with their
heavy artillery after being repeatedly
beaten back by the Belgians, the Ger
mans fired the city of Lierre and
their crossing was made in the light
Of the cOnfagration. During this
time the enemy had attacked the Bel
gian positions between Lierre and
Duffold. but had been repulsed. They
succeeded in dislOdging the Belgian
artillery, whereupon several thousand
Germans were thrown across the
river. These held their position on
the opposite bank until stronger
forces could be brought across and
finally they succeeded in establishing
themselves impregnably. They then
brought their heavy siege artillery to
the new positions and the attack was
begun in earnest.
BY II o'clock on Wednesday morn
ing the siege had reached its height
and the population of Antwerp was
terror-stricken. The wide avenue
leading to the railroad station was
packed by thousands fleeing in fever
ish haste for the north. Many physi-
cal and mental invalids were being
borne through the streets by their
relatives and n cir condition in many
cases was pitiful. At o'clock in the
evening the fear OF the people was
allayed by reports from the forts that
the troops would be able succ essfully
to resist the German attack and some
even expressed the hope that the new
ly arrived force would be able to hurl
the enemy back across the Nethe.
The guns, il was stated, were proving
far superior to the Germans.
Claim Big Capture.
Inc beflin ulSpdlCn says the Ger
mans claim to have captured four
heavy batteries in their field opera
tiOns before Antwerp, besides 50 field
guns and so machine guns.
The Berlin war office, according to
a dispatch received here via the
Hague. states that not only have the
outer forts been reduced, but that the
inner line has suffered considerably
and the fall of the city is a question
of but a short time.
A late dispatch from Amsterdam
says the trenches along the Scheldt
still hold.
1t is apparent that the Germans
are determined to reduce Antwerp for
one of three reasons. Either they in
tend to establish line from Antwerp
TO Brussels. Namur and Metz, in case
the army in France is forced to re-
treat, or they are determined TO bring
about the virtual dispersion of the
Belgian army whose active presence
has kept two or three German army
corps engaged and constantly on the
watch, or else they are determined to
prevent a junction between the allied
army in France and the Belgian army
operating near the French frontier.