BELGIUM.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 240, 24 September 1914, Page 5

BELGIUM.

BAD WEATHER NEAR BRUSSELS. GERMAN GENS BOGGED. London, Sep.!, 22. Mr. Donohoe, telegraphing' from Courtrai, in Belgium on the Ghent Lille railway, says that storms have made the roads difficult for transport. The Hat country is a quagmire. The new heavy guns which were brought up against Termonde, north west of Brussels, stuck in the mud. The Germans are inadequately sheltered, and are suffering from exposure. T’hlan eyelists are active m . ..nth v. <.l Belgium. raiding the [Main roads and sttipHH? at- traxel

Belgian patrols ate hunting down these marauders and German fugitives from the fighting line in north France. The Belgians are preparing for a warm reception of the German right if it is driven back west of Charleroi. The Germans hare mined various roads leading to Brussels, and taken other precautions against a forced retreat. GERMANS ENTRENCHING. VILLAGES DESTROYED. INHABITANTS SLAIN. London, Sep.t 22. Reuter’s Ostend correspondent says the Germans, are entrenching strongly between Louvain, Wavre ad Gcmbloux. A number of villages in the neigh bourhood of Philippeville and Givet on the Belgian French frontier, were destroyed. The inhabitants resist ed, inflicting heavy losses. The Germans compelled 50 civilians to bury the German dead. They were ordered to dig the last pit, after which 48 were shot and the remaining two were forced to bury them.

432 CIVILIANS MURDERED. IN (' LU D ING B URG OM ASTER’S DAUGHTERS. London. Sep.t 22. The “Daily Chronicle” states that an eye-witness in a sworn statement reveals the most brutal massacres. At Tamaines. midway between Charleroi and Namur, only one house in the town was left unburnt. The Germans selected 432 inhabitants, gave them time for confession, and then killed them with a mitrailleuse, including the aged burgomaster and his two young daughters anti other prominent citizens. The rest of the inhabitants were forced to bury their fellow citizens. DESTRUCTION OF CHURCHES. A PALTRY EXCUSE. Rotterdam, Sept. 23. Tiie “Berliner Tageblatt” accuses the Belgians of using churches as military works, and declares that it is a burning shame, as the German troops have been ordered to protect when possible beautiful buildings of all descriptions.