Belgium.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 62, 9 November 1914, Page 5

Belgium.

CONDUCT OF GERMANS IN BRUSSELS UNPRINTABLE. United , Ifcan ,,- .... The Times sfcatefc rthat :Brince Ghar]es of ,'HobwissplJtetttJ\iwho: is d&ng Albert's brtftheMn-lawv' superintended) the removal of' furnitui<e • from a,'ooted house 'in.' The. paper adds that a Belgian noble was allowed, to serach a Brussels depot and found 200 packing cases full of plunder. The •conduct of the Germans who occupied the" house is unprintable. LATEST GERMAN DISGUISE. .November, *.. _ A new germaft^usp : is thai of soldiers working in-.4eJ<?» m women's, :.t----tire. The French shelled a number of Grenadeers disguised as potatopickers. *#'< ■''" ■ m'- : <. _.-■;•- An eye--withae»s f :ofc..the.St; Mihiel fighting German dosses .were rrigWi!ul.'-Th'e*GerWi'ans are now closely hlmtned'in, in ifroiit-and on both flanks. i **f" &1 °" ■''■''■' ''-''' " " "'' .'"' RESIDENTS HELD AS HOSTACEB. (Received 9.0 a.m.) Paris, November 8. General von der Goltz has issued a proclamation at Brussels stating that hostages had been taken at all towns near railways liable to damage, and i that they vQi be shot if damage was attempted. WOMEN BURY THE DEAD. INCREDIBLE GERMAN OUTRAGE. '■""'- "Parfs, November S. The Germans at Moyen requisitioned all the women and marched .them twenty mi|es: io, a forest where during the whole night, under the fire, of the French shells,, they were compelled.to bury the J*ejrman dead, carrying .the corpses on. their shoulders for three hundred sards from the trenches to ready-made graves. When the women fell exhausted, the soldiers pricked them with their bayonets until they got up again and resumed. When daybreak came girls and women were feebly crawling along the ground dragging the corpses by legs and arms. "WEARY WILLIES." Paris, November 7. Official: Many German prisoners have been ; taken on the whole front. In some cases complete units surrendered. Two detachments surrendered at Lens in a ! thick fog. Some of the officers and men declared that they were weary of hardships, and confident that they would be well treated. DEAD AND WOUNDED AS SHIELDS. THE TERRIBLE LOSSES. London, November 8. The Rotterdam correspondent of the Courant states that the Germans suffered terrible losses south-east of Roulers. The Allies' projectiles were deadly. One of the wounded declared that the Germans were using the dead and wounded as shields. The shrieks •f the wounded thus usod were heartrending. The Germans destroyed so many Belgian buildings on the line of advance that not half enough remain

to accommodate their own wounded. Incessant trainloads of wounded are pastng to the eastwards, j The,French, buried'3ooo, repelling the latest attack at Grand Courronne. • '•"-U, ' - ['•: ■ KAISER WITNESS OF DEFEAT. "' ' v « : p < ;P.aris, November 7. Before the Yser inundation the-Kai-ser appeared on the right bank, ■ and Exhorted! the troops to. recapture the j positions on the other bank; The Wiutembnrg j Regiment volunteered, and .waded thigh deep; but Belgiansharp, shooters accounted -for' tire regiment; Most of the ( wounded were drowned. The Kaiser surveyed the ghastly , sight through his fieldglasses. ii AfteF fierce fighting in the La Bassee region, a large French force successfully resisted the German efforts to break through towards the coast. ' The German withdrawal from Ypres ! haV begun, and the British advance began on Wednesday. Several miles were gained on Thursday; TRAIN-LOADS OF GERMANS BACK TO GERMANY. -(Received 9.0 a.nw) Amsterdam, November 8. • Local; newspapers state that many trains of German infantry, cavalry, and, guns are passing Brussels and Louvain towards Germany* OFFICIAL. Paris, November 7. Official. The battle in the north is as violent as ever. Our affensive to the east and south of Ypres continues. We repulsed attacks from Arras to the Oise } , and have retaken Soupea, near Vailly. German attacks in the Argohne continue violent, but resultless! We carried trenohes on the heights off the'Mouse, "also-east of Verdun. Official: The Germans delivered counterattacks' against the Belgians, who had advanced along the right bank 1 ; of the Yser from Nieuport to Lombairtyzyde, but the Belgians wero supported in time, and the situation on that side 'is completely restored. Marines repelled a counter-attack at .Dixmude. We made progress around Bissboo.te. The British have again assumed the offensive south-east of Ypres, and defeated a particularly violent attack by a recently-arrived army corps. The British repulsed violent attacks at Neuve ChappelJe. Wo stopped several day and night ooun-ter-attacks between the La Bassee Canal and Arras, between Arras and tho Oise, and slightly progressed near Vermilles and south of Aixnoulette. We continue to gain ground recently lost at Vailly, and have repelled fresh attacks in the Argonne district, where we made progress at Several points. We occupied Harbourt and Nogeville. The enemy made unsuccessful attacks on the heights of the Meuso, and south-east of Verdun, and in the Apremont forest, south-east of St. Mihel. We carried a few trenches at St. Remy. The Germans sustained considerable losses in attacking the approaches to Grand Courroune and Nancy/ A 'German .coup do main against the heights dominating GoldsJ St. Marie completely failed. GENERAL. ,i. Amsterdam, November 7. Six aeroplanes participated in the attack at Thiol, whenj the Kaiser «s----caped. About twenty civilians wore killod. Heavy cannonading is reported from the neighbourhood of Thorout and j

Yores, also from Roulers and Hooglede. Wounded are streaming into Bruges. French airmen missed the oil tanks at Bruges, but killed eight marines, and also destroyed a section of the BnigesrZeebrugge tramway. Tim Germans, are treating Belgians with increasing severity. Priests are being arrested. Paris. November 7. Four thousand Belgians are engaged in burying German corpses. It is estimated that 3700 German dead are around Dixmude. The situation between Lille and Arras is still obscure. Operations consist mainly of artillery duels, with little advantage to either side. Lne Allies are strenuously opposing an •attempt to force an advance by 'he direct road to Boulogne. ' Paris, November 7. A spv who guided the London Scottish into the German fire reappeared from the direotio/n of the German lines The Ghurkas recognised him, and wanted him killed, hut a British officer rescued the spy, who tried to shoot him. London, November 7. Mr Donohue reports.: "In the fighting at Armentieres and Arras the enemy's attack was completely shattered. Whole divisions of German? were decimated. Only forty men a.v a corporal survived out of a full regi ment. The country round Armentieres is full of unburied German dead while the wounded are left to th< Allies' mercy. The uncliivalrom enemy fired on the Rod Cross whicr was succouring them. The Germans from tree-tops, sniped the stretcher • hearers. "Ultimately machirie-guni were fired into the tree-tops, ant brought down twenty sharpshooters The Britishers captured isolated hands They had been subsisting on raw horse flesh, and eagerly surrendered. Tin cold mists sweeping over Flander greatly affect, the Germans, in, whos< ranks disease is making inroads. A PROGRESS REPORT. ———— ■ t

(Received 11.25 a.m.) Paris, November 8. A communique states; The action between the North Sea and Lys is less violent. We repulsed attacks towards i Dixmude and north-east of Ypres and assumed the offensive.- on .nearly all this front. Our advance was notable : north of Messines. The British progreased slightly around Armentieres. .Theienemy's attacks between La'Basse and Arras were repulsed. We marked-' ly advanced around Soissons, and'consolidated our advances'in the Vailly region and north of Ohavonne Soupir. We are organising at the points d'Appui (points 'of • support): which we : < recently captured near Verdun. ( A- ! thick in Champagne and Lorraine, is hindering the artillery and aviators. ,