The Liege Siege

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 99, 17 August 1914, Page 5

The Liege Siege

GERMAN CAVALRY DRIVEN OUT OF DINANT. THE FORTS STILL HOLD OUT. CITIZEN'S SUFFER IN LIEGE. BRAVE GERMAN GENERAL IN AN INVALID'S CHAIR. (Received 9.0 a.m.) i Brussels, August 16. German cavalry' occupied Dinant on Saturday morning, but later the French artillery oxpelled them and the cavalry were pursued. The Liege forts are still holding out.

It is stated that one German general was shot in both legs, but he continues his duty in an invalid's chair.

Seven bombs were dropped in the civilian quarters at Namur. One did damage to the railway station and another wounded five men.

Details from'Liege show that in the early stages the citizens' houses suffered terribly from 7 German shells, and many fires 1 broke out. i A MIDNIGHT ASSAULT ON A FORT BY GERMANS. Brussels, August 14. .The Germans at Liege are devoting their energies to the forts on the left bank of the Mouse, particularly those at De Pontisse, which prevent the free use of the Herstal bridge*; The Germans attempted to rush the front by main force fn the middle of Thursiday night. The fight 'developed with great' fierceness, the Germans hoping to profit by the few hours of darkness. However, they did not reach beyond the glneis, where they were mown down. The Germans' were provided with bundles of wood and matresses to fill up ditches, but were unable to use, them.

Fort Delliers, next on the north side, boldly assisted Do Pontis'se. All the forts fought bravely. During the attack on Do Pontisse, the Germans, armed "with hand grenades and huge wire-cutters, reached the out-works. The Belgians detected their presence, when the German artillery fired star-shells, which lit up the neighborhood, and the Belgian machine-guns decimated the columns. The attackers were provided with steel shields and hand bags containing entrencihng tools in order to dig themselves into cover, similar to the Japanese tactics at Port Arthur.