BELGIANS SEE RED

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 36, 11 August 1914, Page 7

BELGIANS SEE RED

THEY CHARGE REPEATEDLY NOTHING SEEMED TO STOP THEM GERMANS BEATEN BY BAD LEADERSHIP. (By Telegraph.— Press Association. — Copyright.) (Received August 11, 9 a.m.) BRUSSELS, 9th August. . At Liege, the Belgians charged repeatedly. They Eaw; red, and nothing seemed to stop them. Every time they charged the Germans turned and ran, and were struck in the back and killed like cattle. Then the cavalry charged them. Another account states that the Germans gained a footing; on the glacis under the great guns, and believed themselves safe, being utterly forgetful of the machine guns. In a moment the glacis was swept clear. It ran with blood. The Belgians in the trenches were not satisfied with firing their rifles at fifty yards' range,! but demanded bayonet charges. At sight of the steel many Prussians ran ;, others held up their hands and surrendered. Some were courageous enough, but were beaten by bad leadership. The attack proved that the days of the automatic machine army gone. The attack continued unabated throughout Thursday. Thousands- of broken bodies of German troops massed in the fields' were ploughed by the terrific cannonade. A Zeppelin and an aeroplane assisted in the attack. It i* reported that a Belgian airman lost his life in destroying a Zeppelin with his aeroplane, while shots destroyed several German aeroplanes.Torrential rains on Thursday night added to the suffering of the wounded. The bombardment of the forts lasted forty-eight hours without relaxation. Thirteen and fifteen-centimetre cannon and fifteen-centimetre mortars produced no effect on the cujfolas. The Germans are now awaiting mortars of the twenty-eight-centimetre type. Even if the "cupolas are put out of action, the excellent disposition of the fosses and counter scarps would enable the forts to continue the resistance. . M. Leiman, in charge of the defences, prepared the field with mines to the nOrth of Liege, and -,ent a detachment to the north of the field. The Germans immediately fell into the trap. They attempted to cut off the small force, the current was switched on, and the whole German force was destroyed. Similarly, the death and capture of two Uhlan patrols was due to M. ' Lehnan's ruso in making the Uhlans believe they would capture him. The Germans, on Thursday evening, found spaces between the forts open, - and small parties, including General yon Emmich and his staff, entered tKe citadel. General yon Emmich informed the Government and the Burgomaster that unless the towns and forts surrendered the Germans would bombard and raze the town completely! On the orders of the Belgian Government tho Governor left the town. On Friday night, seventeen notables, headed'' by tht Bishop and several Deputies and Senators, begged General yon Emftn'ch not to bombard the town. The whole deputation was detained as hostages. ) The Germans admit two panics at Liege, where German soldiers fired at thiir comrades in mistake." 1 I