The sun., 1914-09-13
Attempt. to Rush Port. Fails.

terror has been from the very outset one
Of the bases OF German policy.
Attempt. to Rush Fort. FsiIs. 7
A. military headquarters I was in
formed that the Germans had attempted !
during tho night To rush the forts by I
suutndered men IN desperate but futile B
rushes. Toward morning u large detacN- .
ment OF Germans troops Won a way he .
tween the forts and had penetrated tho
woods close to the city as Br"sseau. .
suddenly. on the banks OF the Meuse |
they found themselves confronting ma |
chine guns that moved them down IN |
files As they retreated to open ground !
mines were exploded under their feet and !
they were slaughtered by. companies. Tho
few that escaped machine guns and mines
wcrc oblterated by shrapncl from tn"
forts They were literally caught in a
death trap and tho ground was piled hg1
with gray uniformed dead. They had
been caught without possbl" avenue OF
retreat and they could not even surrender.
The FIRST lighting AZ l.iece demonstrated
that there could be nothing moro inhuman
| than civilized warfare.
From military headquarters vent TO
the railway station Even imag nation
/ had not prepared me for what Was there.
? Tho floor OF the statio1 and even tn"
nearby streets were CoN cred, WIN IN"
/ dead and wounded. The casualties o.
/ tho O1gnt mao pfen 80 Errd' NllfN wv
/ medical corps was overwhelmed. Even
tho most urgent cases could not BE- hur-
ricd ia tho hospitals II the defenders
/ had suffered 20 terribly. What must have
| been the cost To the invaders" II Tas
said here that 25. 600 fell IN the Sighting
AT Licge. Personally ! believe that IL
not an cxaggeratIon. II ~ impossible 10
! imagine what modern warfare is. II
must he seen to he understood The air
was rscked by groans and shrlekS. Many
vino could have been saved under NOR"
/ fortunate circumstances must nave per
ished from lack OF attention. As long as
| I live that sight of battered, pl'ed'nE
faces will haunt me.
As I crossed tho Place du Theatr"
heard whzz overhead, and dropped to
the ground shell exploded over me,
sending shrapn.l IN many directions. I
was stunned for few minutes Shells
had been coming into tho city all morn
ing intcrmlttently, and II vas evident
that tho Germans were advancing their
! siege guns
, went to BRUSSELS and shall never
forget how the street scenes impressed mo
| / I.legc was like "A city of the dead. snve
only for the roar Of battle. There we're
: | no civilians on the streets. Doors we're
, ! locked and windows were barred. The
very air was OF siCkly green hue. In
, | Brussels the streets we're crowded. vast
throngs chcered wounded soldiers BANDS
were pldNIHE 'h' NR''S N''' 'P'''
Fleeing Peasants Crowd Roads.
:, AS no trains were returning to I.iegt
a Il was evident that the Germans had cn
4 tered the city. The next morning ! ven
tured part way toward Lleg" and found
the roads crowded with peasants NhC
we're nccing from the t'hlans They Wcr'
in "A sad plight those peasants. Most o.
i them were afoot. their backs bent viii
o household goods Some brought dog carts
h They were mostly women, old men anC
@ children, and they we're hatless, breath
y less and trembling They we're exhausted
= hy their rxertions Of fleeing before IN
% DREADED German horsemen.
Il Returning to Brussels found the cit!
n zens franticaly chasing spies The cit
ll vas spy mad. ! was accosted man
y times and my passport was demanded
" Several times 7 heard at my back IN
! click OF gunlock as grun voice DE-
g manded my papers | saN groups q
rs citizens running wildly after fr!ghtcne
IL foreigners An officer warned me I
& leave, suggesting that | looked too niue
20 Ike a German TO be quite safe In BEL
r GUM He told me he had seen severa
W Foreigners shot merely on suspicion tina
Ie they were German. lie explained thn
In extreme measures were necessary a
ID Brussels was headquarters for an inter
ly national spy system
IN GERMAN business houses were broke
a into and sacked. The largest departWer
er store. the stock of which was Germa
owned was partly wrecked, As pr,
he pared to leave ! heard that the Germs =