BELGIUM'S UNEXPECTED RESISTANCE
TO GERMAN ARMY'S PASSAGE. HEAVY FIGHTING ALONG THE MEUSE. (Received 11.50 a.m.) LONDON, August o. Although Belgium categorically declined Germany's ultimatum demanding the right to transport her troops across Belgium, it was not anticipated that she would offer a very stout resistance wnen the invading army crossed her frontier She has mobilised three armies, however, and with this force is opposing the German advance with an unexpected determination. The Germans arc advancing along the Valley of the Mouse, and heavy fighting has occurred between them and the Belgians opposing the advance. Three German dirigibles hovered over Brussels yesterday. Bistrict military authorities announce that an aviator from Liege explored the regions which it is stated are invested by the Germans, and found no trace of the invaders.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 186, 6 August 1914, Page 5
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