THE ARMIES IN FRANCE.

Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15446, 8 September 1914, Page 7

THE ARMIES IN FRANCE.

Receive*? 5.30 p.m.. Sept. 7th. ANTWERP, Sept. 7 (a.m.). The? Germans were repulsed from 'l>rmonde- Many German wounded haTO arrived at Antwerp, including a lieutenant, who declared that only throo of his company survived the heavy rifle and artillery fitto to which they were exposed. Another officer stawd that the fire of the forts destroyed an entire , battalion. The Germans fired from < behind barricades of their dead, of which at least 4-30 were abandoned on [ the field. ' I BYLGIAX ARTILLERY. DECIDE BATTLE AT TERMOXDE. i I Received 1.2 a.m., Sept. Sth. | ANTWERP, Sept. 7 (a.m.) Official.—A thousand Germans were kilted in a battle southward of Ter- > monde. Lite Germans retreated in disorder. Their attempted movement | was completely checked owing to the i splendid action of the Belgian artiljlerv. | ' ' ELDERLY GERMANS IN THE I FIELD. 1 - Received 2 a.m.. Sept. Sth. I , OSTEXD, Sept. 7. [ Among the German. Landsturm drilli iricc at Brusvr-ls nro many white-haired i men, and other aged men are seen among the troops advancing towards j Antwerp. i TO SMASH BRUSSELS. .! "j The Germans have placed siege trims | round Brussels. j

PARIS UNTOUCHED YET. BELGIANS STILL ACTIVE. GERMAN PLANS UPSET. t AUSTRIA'S BAD PREDICAMENT. -RUSSIANS STILL ADVANCING. ATLANTIC QUITE CLEAR. I ———— TRIBUTES TO BRITISH TROOPS. Press Association—By Tel.—Copyright.