THE GERMAN LOSSES
AN EBTIMATE. * ,—, — FURTHER ACCOUNT OF THE FIGHTING. (Received August 11, 8.10 a.m.)
„ , , . • BRUSSELS, 10th August. * Ihe best estimates state that the Germans lost fifteen thousand men around Ljege. Accounts of the fighting state that the Germans were, gloomy and bewildered, and fearful regarding the terrible Cossacks, who were about to enter and devour their country. This sullen army met the Belgians, who were animated with passionate patriotism. Incredible as it seems, the Germans were marched to death almost shoulder to shoulder. A mighty fusillade was opened upon the men, who were being driven forward by their officers, terror dividing itself between discipline and death. Fresh detachments were rushed upon the trenches, but recoiled shattered ; yet again, like sheep, driven ruthlessly to the slaughter, according to timetable, without the slightest allowance for changed circumstances. A TRAGIC STORY. A wounded Belgian lancer states that it was tragic to see the Germans driven up to the guns. " They came in massed formation, but so reluctantly, and evidently under compulsion. The men were only five -paces apart, with fifteen paces between the ranks — a solid mass, which a woman would hifi. . Oui guns cut long avenues in their ranks. Port Arthu* was nothing to it."-
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 36, 11 August 1914, Page 7
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