GERMANS FORCED TO ARANDON BELGIAN TOWN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15728, 1 October 1914, Page 8

GERMANS FORCED TO ARANDON BELGIAN TOWN.

TEX THOUSAND KILLED IN FIVE DAYS' FIGHTING. FOOD RUNNING SHORT IN BRUSSELS. 'Received October 1. 1.30 a.m.) London, September 30. The Germans are recommencing an endeavour to encircle the Belgian town of Termonde. They sent 1000 Uhlans into the town. Machine guns were cleverly posted and mowed down many after the Germans had achieved some success. At Alost the Belgians cut off and captured 120 of the enemy, and drove the Germans from the town, where they had been firmly established for several weeks. Retiring three miles, the Germans bombarded the abandoned town, inflicting great damage. The Germans also attacked Fort Waelsen, using 17 heavy guns from Liege, requiring special concrete beds. Two thousand German dead were found on the scene of Saturday's fighting. The Belgians estimate that 10,000 Germans were killed in the five days' fighting, mostly members of the Landwehr- Many of them were over 50. Though Termonde had been four times bombarded and twice deliberately set ablaze, the burgomaster and his two daughters, aged 16 and 17, remained in the town as voluntary nurses. Food is so scarce at Brussels that the German administration is finding a difficulty in supplying 180,000 civilians who have applied for rations.