Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 196, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1914 — WAR NEWS IN BRIEF. [ARTICLE]

WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.

' ' " ,:»$ Reports from front indicate that a general engagement has begun. Brussels h%ars cannonading during the day, indicating that the Belgians have engaged the enemy not far from the capital. Fighting is resumed on French territory, according to official reports from PriHs. Kaiser Wilhelm, at Mainz, directs the movements of the German army at the border. Fate of Liege forts not yet definitely known. German dispatches describe them as in the hands Of the Germans, while Belgian authorities insist they are still intact. Reported naval encounter in the North Sea is shrouded in mystery and has not been officially reported. Germans report capture of 1,000 Russians and six machine guns frontier. Belgian sharpshooters bring German military airman to earth near Brussels. . ■ > v " 7 '■ ■■