POURING OUT OF GERMANY.
A MIGHTY ADVANCE. BELGIAN POSITION SURPRISED. (Received August 15, 9.20 a.m.) BRUSSELS, August 14. The Germans continue to pour through the gap at Treves towards France. They reached Spine on rt and Arlon, but were repulsed at Bostogne on Wednesday by the French. Towards Belgium they pour through the valley of the Ourthe towards Namur and Huy. The Ourthe is being heavily entrenched to hamper pursuit in the case of possible defeat with General von Emmicli's troops at Liege. It is estimated that there are seven army corps, consisting of 250,000 men. The German cavalry and an infantry battalion, with twelve guns, crossed the River Gette and flung itself on Haelen and Diest. The attack was so sudden that the Belgian engineers had barely time to blow up the bridges. Only the bravery of the civic guard prevented a column of Mecklenburg dragoons, with six guns, from surprising Diest.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 163, 15 August 1914, Page 9
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153POURING OUT OF GERMANY. Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 163, 15 August 1914, Page 9
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