A SCENE OF SLAUGHTER.
GERMAN CAVALRY "WIPED OUT. BARRICADE CAUSES CONFUSION. BRUSSELS, August 14. The Germans galloped into a little village 1-J miles from Diest, and suddenly encountered a barricade of farm waggons on the road in front of them. A mixed force of Belgians with machine guns defended the position with reckless courage, and the dragoons galloped in a virtual cul de sac. The dragoous, with revolvers drawn, faced a murderous lire, but the only living things to surmount the barricade were seven riderless horses, maddened with fear. The surviving Germans took shelter behind their dead horses, and the Belgians, believing that the resistance was ended, rushed out of the barricade, and many of them were shot.
Later, a field gun was brought up, and it forced the German survivors to fly. The general attack on Haelen and Dicst lasted all day. The extreme German right wing failed to turn the Belgian position, and many prisoners were ;captured in fainting conditions, while the horses are dying of hunger.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 163, 15 August 1914, Page 9
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169A SCENE OF SLAUGHTER. Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 163, 15 August 1914, Page 9
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