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TIIK MKK: OMAHA. FRIDAY. SKITKMIIKR 11. 1. ) GERMAN ATTACK ON LIEGE; Story of an Eye Witnei of Earlier ! Fighting- in Belgium. BRAVE STAND OF THE BELGIANS Victor Hk Daraa f Nebraska, Asserleaa Vlee Oassit, Tell I. a. Tla.ee f WKit He Saw f kv Oafllct. lAt the time the Herman rmjr was bat-terin- at the stes of Lime. The H- puhliaiwwl a spcrlnl rthlr-prsm. In which ' itor Hnifo Puras of Wllher. Neb., who is American vice consul at Llcge, save wimrthliiB of a personal account of th hnnibsMinent of the forts shout the cltv. A continuation of Mr. Iniras' narrstlv is found In the londnn Tlmea of August H. from whl-h the fnllnwlnsT Is taken) - r.Rf8SBI.S, Auir. 12.-Tba following ad ditional detail by an eyewitness of the conditions In Liege during the flrat two days of the slee were irlven me by Mr. Victor Huso Duras, the American vice consul In Liege. Mr. Duras la a member of the American Red Croea aoclety and, f course, speaks as a neutral: It M on the nlrht of Tuesdny, Au Kust i. lhat the Inhabitants first awoka to the fact that the Germans were at tbelr nates, on hearing the sound of their Kins. riofore that, they had already made extensive preparations for the ex pected attack, news of the Imminence of which had been brought In by fugitives from the German advance. Along the roads trees hsd been felled in rows and piled on the roadway. In which also deep holes had been dug, trains hsd been dynamited In the tunnels rnd all means of communication as far as possible destroyed. AH this greatly helped In hampering the progress of the Germans and therefore In supporting the Belgian resistance to the assault on the town. FlKhtlnar by MarM. Tt seems to be part .f the new tactics of the Germans to attack as much as possible at night. Comparatively little fighting took place at Liege In the day time during the first days of the siege. On Tuesday night the firing was very close, and the Belgian forts, especially Flcron. Kvegnce and Chaudfontalne on the east of the town, uulckly came Into action. As the result of their fire, the attacks ceased before long, and for the rest of the flay the guns on both sides were silent. On Wednesday night, at 11 o'clock, th sound of the guns In the forts was heard again In Liege. Th firing continued steadily till 2 o'clock (n the morning, when it became much more vigorous, and for the next few hours there was hardly a break In the booming of the big guns, the rattle of the machine guns on the river, front and the musketry from the trenches. At 6 o'clock there was a sudden silence, and Mr. Puras and the other In habitants of Liege thought that all wis over. Attack Repelled. At 7, a gendarme knocked at his door and said that the Germans were actually In the city, and that all windows and loora were to be barred. Still no Ger mans were visible, and a short time later, soon after the last of the wagons carrying ammunition for the artillery and Infantry rolled out of the boulevard u'Avroy, there was a sound of cheering, and some Lancers rode Into the Rue de la Cathedral, one- of them carrying a Uhlan helmet on his lance and crying out that the Germans had. been repulsed and thousands of them killed. . t Mr! Duras says that to those who know the kindly and pacific temperament of the Walloons the news for the moment seemed Incredible; It seemed Impossible that thesa sober business men, from whom the. Gardes Clvlques are chiefly recruited, could have routed the strap ping, high-booted, well-equipped German troops whom he afterwards aaw brought In as prisoner. Conld Bee Gum. Flashes. During the engagement the flash of the guns in the forts was clearly aean In Liege, in spite of the fact that it was a I right moonlight night. It seems, according to his account, to bave been part of the scheme of the de fense not to make any very serious re sistance to the attack till the German troops were actually past the forts. They were allowed .to advance In several. dif ferent bodies on each side of Fort Fleron, as well as north of Evesnee and south of Chaudfontalne along the river above and below Liege. Then, when they were close up to the town and had passed through the screen of trees and bushes which lies between It and the foes, a heavy fire was opened upon them as they Joined forces with each other from the forta behind and from the rifles, and machine guns In front, so that they were caught In trap and their retreat cut off. There was noth ing for them to do but be shot down or surrender. Even one of. the Belgian regi ments suffered badly from the fire of the forts during this part of the fight. Care f the Woaadea. . In the town itself, under the direction of Ir. Pnyrs, every preparation had been made for the reception of the wounded. Schools, churches, theaters and ail kinds of public buildings had been turned Into hospitals, and everyone who was not working In or for the army had enlisted in the Red Cross service. But In spite of the most careful organization both at Siresseau, In the north part of the city, and at the Gare de Landes there waa for many hours an unavoidable delay 'n deal ing with some of the wounded. The laughter had taken place In such a short pace- of time and In such a confined apace that the Belgian wounded were lying In heaps, and, though all the motor car of the town had been requisitioned. It took a long time to bring them In to the hospitals. As the German casualties mere from five to ten tlmea as numerous, and as they had only field hospitals and none of the conveniences of town to fall back on, the amount of suffering on their aide must have been incalculably greater. Gernaaaa Pay Heavily. The German troops paid a terrible pen ally for the boldness of their scheme of attack, which could from a military point of view have only been Justified by a conviction on the part of the Ger man officer that the resistance they would meet with would be of the feeblest character. For they knew, of course, the enormous strength of th Liege forts, and must have realised how sever their losses would be If the defense was conducted on scientific principles by rtally brave and determined troop. The the fighting qualities of th peaceful l'.elKons. j In the afternoon M. Duras once more' visited the hospitals, and found them working splendidly now that th first rush was over. Like many other citisens of IJ'ge h eeero to have shown much uieu courage during these two days of tnlatsk they mad was In underrating the :ege n moving about, under fire. On Thursday at midnight th bombard- OSTEND FEELS SAFE NOW British marines have been xorce to give tne residents of the seaside resort some confidence in present protection. The photograph shows the British forces leaving the dock where they were landed. a Q vi i- i j ; 4 V-" M.VCt'tJ) iwai "rrv. :M.T.! rM- ... j I J ij It) -ml incut wss resumed, and continued till the mornlnif. This time, however, tho mor tality was not so grrat, as the Germans were depending more upon the fire of their heavy Kegt guns, and no longer attempted to attack In big masses. They had for the time being lrned a lesson. Purlng the day a few private buildings were destroyed and some, of the cltiscna killed and wounded by shells, which the t viernians rtren irom a shelter tney nad i ; ! managed to find between the forts and!mnunle1 "-ck on h, flnk- " formed ( the city, nft.r pushing hack the Infantry. I ,lp "n1 ",v"nM tor h' purpose, but) ; was held up by wire about COO yards from Germans fired from s shelter they had DETAILS OF FIGHTING IN FRANCE RELATED (t'ontinued from Page One.) line extended along the line of the canal from v'onde on the west, through Mons and Blnche on tho east. "During August 22 and 23 the advance squadrons did some excellent work, some of them penetrating as far aa Solgnlos (a town of Belgium, ten miles northeast of Mons) and eeversl encounter took place In which our troops showed to great ad-jot vantage. Attack on Mons Line. "On Sunday, the 23d, reports began to come In to the effect that the enemy was commencing An attack on the Mons line apparently In some strength, but that the riffht of the position frpm Mons was being particularly threatened. , "The commander of the first corps had pushed his flank back to some high ground south of Bray and the fifth cav alry evacuated Blnche, moving slightly south. The enemy then occupied Blnche. 'The right of the third division under General Hamilton was at Mons, which formed a somewhat dangerous salient, and I directed the commander of ' the second corps if threatened seriously to draw back the center behind Mons. Thl was done before dark. "In the meantime, about 5 o'clock In the afternoon, I received a most unex pected message from General Joffre, by telegraph, telling me that at least three German corps were moving on my posi tion In front and that a second corps was engaged In a turning movement from the direction of Toumai. He also In formed me that the two reserve French division and th fifth French army corps on my right were retiring, the Germans having on the previous day gained pos session of the passage of Sambre between Cbarlerol and Namur "In view of the possibility of my being driven from the Mons position, I had previously ordered a position In the rear to be reconnoitered. This position rested on the Fortress of Maubfuge on the right and extended west to Jenlain, southeast of Valenciennes on the left The position waa reported difficult to hold because standing crop and buildings made the digging of trenches very difficult and limited th fire in more important locali ties. It, nevertheless, afforded a few good artillery positions. Retreats to llasbeagc, "When th new of th rtirement of the French and the heavy German threaten ing on my front reached me I endeavored to confirm it by aeroplane reconnoiaance, and as a result of this I determined to effect a retirement to the Maubeuge posi tion at daybreak on the 24th. , "A certain amount of fighting continued along the whole line throughout the night, and at daybreak of the 24th th second division from the neighborhood of Har mignies made a powerful demonstration as if to retake Blnche. This waa sup ported by the artillery of both the first and the second divisions, while the first division took up a supporting position In the neighborhood of Peissant. Under cover of thl demonstration th second corp retired on the, line for Dour. Quarouble and Krameries. The third division- on the right of the corps suffered considerable loss in this operation from the enemy, who bad retaken Mons. "The second corp halted on this line, where they entrenched themselves, en abling Sir Douglas Haig. with the first corp to withdraw to the new position, and h effected this without much further loss, reaching the line from Bavay to Maubeuge about 7 in the evening. t.rnusm Attack Left. "Towards midnight the enemy appeared to be directing his principal effort against our left. I had previously ordered Gen eral Allenby, with cavalry, to act vigor ously in advance of my left front and endekver to take th pressure off it. "About 7;30 In the morning General Allenby received a message from Sir Charles Fergusson, commanding the fifth division, saying be wa very hard press. d and In urgent need of support. On receipt of this message Allenby drew in his lines and endeavored to bring support to th tilth division. "During the course of this operation General De Usle of the second cavalry i brlyade thought h aa- good o-.por-j m the report wa received tht th tur.lty In pirili u tt: fuither advance : Kourth Guards' brigade In l.andrecte of th enemy infantry by making awas heavily attacked by troop of th !. .mf. !M 1 zr 1 t his objective and the Ninth Lancer and the Eighteenth Hussars suffered In the retirement of the brigade. Heavy Loaaes "offered. The Nineteenth brigade which had been guarding the line of communications was brought by rail to Vallenoes on the 22 and 23d. On the morning of the 24th they were moved out to a position south of Quarouble to support the left flank of the second corps. With the assistance of Cavalry General Horace Doirlcn he waa enabled to effect his retreat to a new position, although having tw- corps the enemy on his front and one threatening his flank. He suffered great kisses In doing so. "At night fall a position was occupied by the second corps to the west of Bavay, the first corps to the right. The right was protected by the fortress of Mau beuge, the left by the Nineteenth brigade in position between Jenlain and Uruay, and Cavalry on the outer flank. The French were still retiring and I had no support except such a wa afforded by the fortress of Maubeuge, and determined efforts of the enemy to get arpund my flank assured me that It was bla Inten tion to hem me aajalnst thai place and surround me. "I felt that not a moment must be lost In returning to another position. I had every reason to believe that the enemy's forces were somewhat exhausted and I knew that they had suffered heavy losses. I hoped, therefore, that his pursuit would not be too vigorous to prevent me affect ing my object. The operation however, was full of danger and difficulty,' not only owing to the very superior forces In my front, but also to the exhaustion of the troops. "The retirement wa recommenced In the early morning of the 25th to a posi tion In the neighborhood of Lecateau, and the rear guard waa ordered to be clear at Maubeuge by 6 a. m. Two cavalry brigades with the divisional cavalry of tho second corps covered the movement of the second corps and the remainder of the cavalry division with tho Nine teenth brigade, the whole under command of General Allenby, covered th west flank. New Plana st Foot. "Th fourth division commenced tt de tainment at Le Cateau on Sunday, the 23d, and by the morning of the 2Stb eleven battalions and a brigade of artillery, with the divisional staff, were available for service. I ordered General Snow to raov out to take up a position with his right south of Holesmes. his left revolving- on the Cambral-Lerateau road south of La Cliaprlx. In this position th division rendered great help to the effective re tirement of the Second and First corps to new positions. "Although the troops had been ordered to occupy the Cambral, Le Cateau, Lan drecels' position and ground had during the 25th been partially prepared and en trenched. I had grave doubt, owing to Information I had received1 a to the ac cumulating strength of the enemy against me, as to the wisdom of stand ing there to fight. "Having regard to the continued re tirement of the French right, my exposed left flank, the tendency of the enemy' western corp to envelope me, and, more than all, th exhausted condition of the troops, I determined to make a great ef fort to continue th retreat till I could put aome substantial obstacle, such as th Somme or the Olse, between my troop and the enemy and afford the former some opportunity for rest and recreation. Order were therefore sent to th corp commander to continue their retreat a soon aa they possibly could toward th general line of Vrmnd, St. Quentln and Rlbemont, and the cavalry under Gen eral Allenby was ordered to cover the re tirement. Throughout th 25th and far into th evening th Flrat corp continued to march on Landrecle, following the rood along th eastern border of th for est of Mormal, and arrived at Laodraclea about 10 o'cloc k. I had intended that the corp should com further west ft as to fill up th gsp between Lecateau and Landrectes. but th men were exhausted and could not get further In without ft rest. fernessy Give Rest. Th enemy, however, would not allow them this rest and about :30 thut ev landed at Ostend in sufficient 1 -J I . y-i iau-uuu r,a. . I .- I " 1 ux ;:a M. .71 V' I 'a I n Ninth German corps, who were coming through the for.st to the north of the town. This brigade foight most gal lantly and caused the enemy to suffer a tremendous loss In Issuing from the for est Into the narrow streets of the town. ,Thls loss has been estimated from rella- . , , i-im le sources at between 700 and l.OW. At ' lme Information rrsrhe, rroln slr fx.uglss llnlg that his Pirs d rat division wss also heavily engHReil south and east of Marines. 1 sent urgent mes sages to the commander of two Trench divisions on my right to come up to the assistance of the First corps, which they eventually did. Partly owin-j to this ss slstance. but mainly to the skillful man ner In which Sir Douglas Haig extricated his corps from an exceptionally difficult position In the darkness of night, they were able at dawn to resume their march towards Wasalgny and Guise. "By about 6 In the afternoon ?he FVrond corps had got into position with their right on Le Cateau. their left In the neighborhood of Gandry, and the line of defense was continued thence by the Fourth division toward Seranvlllera. "During the fighting on the 24th and 2T.th the cavalry became a good deal scat tered by early morning, and General Al lenby had succeeded In concentrating two brigade to the south of Cambal. The Fourth division was plsced under the orders of the general officer ' from th army corp. "On the 24th, the French cavalry corps, consisting- of three divisions under Gen eral Sordet. had been in billets, north of the Avesnes. On my way bark from Vavay, which wa my post de comman demente during the fighting of the 23d and 24th, I visited General Sordet and earnestly requested his co-operation and support. He promised to obtain sanction from hi army commander to act on my left flank, but said that his horses were too tired to move liefpre the next day. "Although rt rendered me valuable as siBtance, later on In the course of the retirement he was unable, for the rea sons given, to afford me any support on the most critical day of all, namely the 20th. "At daybreak It became apparent tlit the enemy was throwing the bulk of his strength against the left of the position occupied by the second corp and the fourth division. At thl time the gun of four German army corps were In position against them and Sir Horace Smith Dorrien reported to me that h Judged it Impossible to continue hi re tirement at daybreak as ordered In th face of such an attack. "I ent hlra orders to use hi utmort AWOTXXB AOCXBXKTAZ, DEATH Llf K Issued a Twenty. Y.ar Endowment Ahf ir0,h?. tmcm Junt of 11.000 to Archie L. Sack a young farmer of York County Nebraska, His pllcy contained a provision thst In case of death result ing from accident within ninety duys after receiving the injury that tile com pany woul dpay double the face of the policy. Mr. Sack paid only one prem. lum amounting to 144.70 of which Id 00 wa for the accidental death benefit n August 11th last Mr. Sai-k was driving his team through G res limn. Nebraska, when they became frightened and ran away, throwing dim from the wagon with such violence that a week later he died. Mrs. Idola Sack, the mother of the deceased, was the beneficiary. By reason of the accidental death benefit in hi -policy she received 12,000 in stead of 11.000. TheMidwestLife N. Z. SNELL. PllllDENT A NEBRASKA STOCK COMPANT SELLING NON-rmiCIr.TINC LIFE IITSOUftCZ ONL". FIRST NATIONAL BANK UILDINC, LINCOLN. OMAHA AGENCY CITY NATIONAL. MAN K S1UIL.DINO 4INIRL aGENTl: GEOItCI CROCKER, r a.nhniv sno a.J.KiPscnsTEiN Here! I Can . You Treaties with Big Nations to Insure Neutrality for the United States WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. In the midst over any nuenlon of neutrality or other of the F,tiren war. Great Hrltaln. France. Spain and China lise agreed to Sign pesce commission treaties with th 1 Hrltaln, V'rsnce, Ppnln snd t'hlns. th fnlted Slates. )necrfe,'l of the new con- number of pacts of this kind negotiated venttons would be to prevent the I'nlted ! by Secretary Krvan and known as "in states from being drawn suddenly Into vestlgatlon treaties," will number twenty the conflict. j Nineteen already hae been ratified tiermnny, l!nsla snd .Ispan have signl , '' 'he senste. fied their s-ceptsnre of the pr'nclp'e of( The treaties wltli threat Britain. France, tlee treaties, tliixith negotiations havciffpnln "nd t hins provide "that all dls pot sdx sm cd to the piint of lra'ilng con- putes or every nature whstsoever for eMl'on. Slmllsr ssreententa with Turkey1 the settlement of uhlch previous arbltra- snd Greece nre almost ready for !lgna t nre. The ll'nt trtrtiiet sre teady for signing snd sre resMrdcd by President Wilson snd Secretary Hrjsn ss of fsi-reschlng Im-portai-ce While negotiations were begun before the Furor-ran war broke out. their consunimstion practically will safeguard the I'nlted States from being drawn In endeavors to brrsk off the action and i I renrh cavalry division which he turn irtire lit the earliest possible moment as iiisnds for mstertelly assisting my retire. It vvns lmn.issllile for ine to end him I nn nt sr.d suc e.f ully driving back som suri'oit. the firt corps being st the mo- of the enemy on t'ambrsl. General nient Incapable of movement. li'atusde also, with the sixty. first snd "The French eavalrv corps under Gen- slxly-cond reserve divisions, moved leial Sordet was coming tip on our left reir early In the morning snd I sent h'm , n urgent message to do bis utmost to pressure orr ine rear or tne nr'nsu i rnim itp and support the letlrrment oflorces. liny left flank,, but o Ing to the fatigue "This cloned the period covering the ! of Ihe hors'S lie found hlmseir unsble to heavy fighting, whl. h commenced at j Intervene In any way. j M ns on Sunday afternoon. August SS. 1 Praise for llrltlsl, Troops. "d which really constituted a 'four days' I There had been no time to entrench " "'" ',0,n,- hr'f "f: 1 rr0" !tl-e pultion properlv. but the troop, i rose to close the presert dispatch. showed a magnificent front to the ter- rlbls firs which confronted them. The I artillery, although outmatched by at least j four to one, tnsde a splendid fight and Inflicted heavy losses on their opponents. "At length It becsme apparent thst if complete annihilation nss to be avoided, retalrement muat be attempted and the order was given to rommence It about J;) o'clock In the afternoon. The move ment was covered with most devoted In trepidity and determination by the ar tillery, which had Itself suffered heavily, and the fine work done by the .cavalry, In the further retreat front th position assisted materially the final completion of this most difficult and dangerous onerst.on. Fortunately th enemy had himself suffered too heavily to engage In any energetic pursuit. "I cannot close tlie brief account of this glorious stand of the British troop without putting on record my deep ap preciation cf the valuable services ren dered by Sir Horace Smith Dorrien. I say without hesitation that th saving of the left wing of the army under my com mand on the momlng of the 2th ooiild never have been accomplished unless a commander of rare and unusual cool ness. Intrepidity and determination had been present to personally conduct the operation. "The retreat was continued far into the night of the 2th and through the 27th and the 2th, on which date the troops halted on the line from Noyon, Chauny and I-afere, having then thrown off the weight of the enemy's pursuit. Assisted by the French. "On the 37th and the 2Mh 1 waa much Indebted to General Sordet and the a S Omaha 'a Exclusive Ladies 9 Tailor wishes to announce that he has just returned from an extended trip in the east and that he will be affiliated this season with the new ' Or kin Bros. Store at 319 South 16th Street which will open in the near future Phone Tyler 1600 for future appointments. LACE CURTAIN SALE On Monday raorn.intf September 14th, we are placing on sale some. $20,000 worth of S'rini and Net Curtains. This is a purchase made by uh early in the Summer and just received. Exceptional values will prevail in this sale. See our windows Friday and Saturday. Come Mon day morning while the nsfwrtment s complete. BEATON & LAIER CO. 415-41T So. latk Btrsst. a Hidden Message For You! II 1 -Ml fcj Put It vontroversy. With the signing of treaties with Great Hon treaties or agreements do not apply In their terms, or sre not spplled in fsrt, shall. w''cn diplomatic mMhods of ad justment bar fulled, be referred for In vestlgstlon and report to a permanent In ternational commission and they agree not to de.lsre ws- or begin hostilities during such Investigation and before the report is submitted. down from the neighborhood of Arras on ! the enemy's right flsnk srd took much . I i.eepiv oeninre ine iriy wm.hn hp which tho British forces suffered In thl Trent battle, but they were Inevitable, In view of the fact Ihnt the British army only a few days after concntrtlon by rail-was called on to withstand the vigorous ttck of flv German army rorp. 'It Is Impossible for m to spssk too highly of the skill evinced by the two general officers commsndlng army corp, th self-sacrificing and devoted exertions of their staffs, the direction of troop by the divisional, brigade and regimental leader, th command of small unit by their officers and th mugnlflcent fight ing spirit displayed by the non-commissioned officers and men. Valuable Wsrk of Aviators. "I wish particularly to bring to your lordship's notice the admirable work don by the royal flying corps under Sir David Henderson. Their skill, energy and per severance has been beyond all Praise. They have furnished mo with n-.ost com plete and accurate information which has been of lnleulatbl value In th conduct of operation. They were fired at constantly by both friend and foe and not hesitating to fly In every kind of weather, they have remained undaunte. throughout. Further, by actual fighting they destroyed flv of the enemy' ma chine." quickly helped by Dr. King New Dis covery. The first dose helps. Best remedy for coughs, cold and lung dis ease, too and 11. Alt druggists. Adver tisement. F.verybody read Bee Want Ad. tr Together ? I mill ppffliirc WE OWN AND OFFER 6 First Mortgage $500 Real Estate Serial Notes OF Davenport Hotel Company Spokane, Washington Description of Note Itsue of the Davenport HotelCt- mVATV.K IX MORTGAOTC I'nlott Trust A Having Itank, Spokane, Washington. TOTATi AI THoniZKIl ISSIT-:.' Hevrn Hundred nd Fifty Thousand I Kill At- (S7RO.O00). 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