Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1914 — BELGIANS CLASH WITH GERMANS IN RUINED CITY [ARTICLE]

BELGIANS CLASH WITH GERMANS IN RUINED CITY

Battle Raging in Louvain Reenforcements on Way for Teutons. PEACE SCORNED BY BELGIUM Newspaper in Paris Declares That Kaiser's Offer of Concessions to King Albert Have Been Rejected, London, Sept. 15. —In order to cope with the heavy attacks of the Belgians, the Third and Ninth German army corps, which were destined to re-enforce the German right wing in France, have been hurriedly returned to the Belgian war center. A Reuter dispatch from Amsterdam conveys this information; The same dispatch says that all day and night there was heavy fighting in the ruins of Louvain, between the Belgians and the Germans. Twice the Belgians penetrated to the center of the town, the Belgian cavalry delivering fierce charges. Both sides lost heavily. The Belgian position is considered hopeful. A Taube aeroplane flew over Antwerp. according to the dispatch, and one officer was killed and another wounded. An Exchange dispatch from Antwerp says the government appointed a commision to refute the German calumnies against Belgians for atrocity committed by the themselves. Count Goblet Dab-fella", minister of state, declared refutation was necessary onier that foreign opinion be not misinformed and that assurance be given to the world that Belgium is entirely unresponslble for the horrors caqsed by the German invasion. Belgium Scorns Peace. Paris, Sept. 15. —The Figaro asserts that Germany is already making overtures to Belgium for an agreement whereby in return for certain concessions the war between Belgium and Germany can be ended, but that her suggestions have been brusquely rejected. The Figaro says General Von Der Goltz, who was named by the kaiser as the military governor of Belgium after Germany announced the annexation of the captured territory, has been in Antwerp. He went there, it is stated, under a safe conduct and presented a definite proposal, the nature of which is withheld. In view of the agreement between the allies, the Figaro says the Belgian government positively refused to consider any proposals of any sort from Germany.