Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-16
WILL AID
BELG|ANS IN FIGHT
AGAINST GERMANS
English Troops and Heavy Guns
Landed to Save Antwerp.
AIR FLEET SHELLS CITY
Many Civilians Killed MANNED When
Bombs Ara Dropped Into Town.
Explosives Fire and Wreck
Buildings

London, Oct. 9.-It In reported hers
that a British expeditionary force Of
formidable strength has entered Ant
werp after passing through Client. The
war ONCE refuses to confirm the re-
port, but 1t comes from q creditable
source The expedition Ia said to con-
sist almost exclusively Of artillery and
a naval detachment with heavy guns.
The Germans before Antwerp, 1t Is es-
timated, cannot number more than
250,00
Shells Set Fire to Antwerp.
Upon suffering Antwerp night has
fallen, but 1t is hideous night, for the
steady, systematic bombardment Of
the city by the German 16-inch shells
continues.
The first shell came through the
darkness at three o'clock in the morn
ing. In the darkness the unseen siege
guns are stiIl sending destruction.
scientifically, with the mathematical
accuracy of a surveyor. The gunners
know the "range"-the rest is q mat
ter of the manipulation Of dials.
The destruction has been terrific.
Fires have been started here and
there and the flames illumine ruins.
Many citizens have been killed, many
have been horribly injured. Some were
old men, some women, some children,
some soldiers. The shells cannot
separate combatants from noncom-
batants.
Six Zcppellns Drop Bombs.
In the daytime the streets leading to
open railroad stations were thronged
with people struggling to escape from
the city. Some'of them carried bundles
Of their most priced belongings; 9TH
ers carried their MANNED and dying
relatives; a woman carried a dead
child.
Death and destruction are carried
into the city not only by the siege
gsns, but also by a feet of six Zeppe-
Inns. which circle high overhead, drop
ping bombs. These have destroyed,
by some accounts, at least a score Of
houses, manning and killing the thirty
or forty occupants.
There has been hysteria, an epi-
demic of it, among the civilian popula-
ton. The sick and injured have been
taken from their beds In hospitals
and carried to the outgoing trains.
Lunatics from the asylums are teing
led away.
King Albert remains in the city, d.
recting the defense. 1t is said that the
queen has insisted upon remaining
there, too. The king has issued .
final call for all his male subjects be-
tween the ages Of eighteen and thirty
two to join the army "for the duration
Of the war"
The Belgian army has SORTED re-
peatedly into the open field in efforts
to relieve the h~ard-pressed city. But
it has been impossible thus far to
reach and silence the German siege
guns stationed in far places, In Sc
curity, throwing their shells over both
armies and over the outer forts into
the midst Of the city itself.
The beginning Of the bombardment
is described in q Reuter- telegram
reaching London by way of Amster-
dam.
The bombardment began" says
the message, during the darkness,
the first shell exploding in the south
ern end of the city. The inhabitants
fed in terror, and ven those who had
taken refuge in cellars resorted to
flight to other sections of the city.
while the fire was concentrated
against the southern part of the city,
a Zeppelin crossed the fortified area
and dropped bombs on the city
proper A Hoboken oil tank caught
fire from a bomb. and the flames
reared up, lighting the sky. The tank
was emptied to prevent the fire from
aiding the German artillerymen. I'm.
mediately afterward the Germans
switched their fire from the southern
quarter and concentrated It against
the northeastern district"
A message from the London Stars
correspondent at Client says that 81
sunrise the German shells were fall
ing in the Place Verte. close to the
cathedral.
Thus far, according to all reports
the cathedral has escaped damage
From its spire floats the redrstripet
flag which indicates that the build
ing is not being used for militar,
purposes.