Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1914 — KING OF BELGIANS LEADS HIS ARMY OUT OF ANTWERP [ARTICLE]

KING OF BELGIANS LEADS HIS ARMY OUT OF ANTWERP

Scores Killed in Besieged CitV When Germans Drop Bombs From Airships. BRITISH FORCE IS LANDED Huge Siege Guns Used by Teuton* and Air-Bombs Demolish Buildings, Kill and Maim Civilians Who Flee Town. Bordeaux, Oct. 9.—News has been,, received here that King Albert of Belgium marched out of Antwerp at the head of a portion of his army. The Germans are bombarding Antwerp furiously. The invaders’ 16-inch siege guns are hurling their mighty and devastating shells right into the heart of the temporary capital of tiny Belgium. London, Oct. 9. —It is reported here that a British expeditionary force of formidable strength has entered Antwerp after passing through Ghent. The war office refuses to confirm the report, but it comes from a creditable source. The expedition is said to consist almost exclusively of artillery and a naval detachment with heavy guns. The Germans before Antwerp, it is estimated, cannot number more than 250,000. Shells Set Fine to Antwerp. Upon suffering Antwerp night has fallen, but It is hideous night, for the steady, systematic bombardment of the city by the German 16-inch ehells continues. The first shell came through the darkness at three o’clock in the morning. In the darkness the unseen siege guns are still sending destruction, scientifically, with the mathematical accuracy of a surveyor. The gunners know the "range”—the rest is a matter of the manipulation of dials. The destruction has been terrific. Fires have been started here and there and the flames illumine ruins. Many citizens have been killed, many have been horribly injured. Some were old men, some women, some children, some soldiers. The shells cannot separate combatants from noncombatante. Six Zeppelins Drop Bombs. In the daytime the streets leading to open railroad stations were thronged with people struggling to escape from the city. Some of then) carried bundles of their most prized belongings; others carried their maimed and dying relatives; a woman carried a dead child. Death and destruction are carried into the city not only by the siege guns, but also by a fleet of six Zeppelins, which circle high overhead, dropping bombs. These have destroyed, by some accounts, at least a score of bouses, maiming and killing the thirty or forty occupants. There lias been hysteria, an epidemic of it, among the civilian population. The sick and injured have been taken from their beds in hospitals and carried to the outgoing trains. Lunatics from the asylums are being led away. The Belgian army has sortled repeatedly into the open field in efforts to relieve the hard-pressed city. But it has been impossible thus far to reach and silence the German siege guns stationed in far places, in security throwing their shells over both armies and over the outer forts into the midst of the city itself. Shelia Fall Near to Cathedral. A message from the London Star’s correspondent at Ghent says that at sunrise the German shells were falling in the Place Verte, close to the cathedral. Thus far, according to all reports, the cathedral has escaped damage. From its spire floats the red-striped flag which indicates that the building Is not being used for military purposes. Similar flags float from 1 other public towers. The Germans have promised to respect these flags as much as they can. In the cathedral the Belgian military authorities have determined to keep the Germah wounded, as the French did at Reims. Berlin, Oct. 9 (via wireless via London). —It is reported from Dutch sources that fierce fighting occurred: in the Nethe district, outside of Antwerp. ' The Germans advanced in a northerly direction from Wavre and WaAlhem and commenced the bombardment of Antwerp from these positions. Shrapnel shells had already caused great damage in many places, thus showing that the investing forces were close to the city. Belgian emergency Corps, stationed mainly between Linth tod Lfgne have been retiring. for the

past two (Fays’and the whole Belgian field army has been concentrated in the district between Antwerp, Llerfb and the Scheldt, in which area fighting is proceeding. It is reported from Vienna that $6 Russian advance into northern lYuftgary has failed. 20,000 Germans Killed? London, Oct. 9.—The of the Daily Express in a mess&ira dated “on the battle front in Belgium” estimates the German losrf in the fighting at the Nethe at 20,0 W killed, wounded and missing. Subscribe for The Democrat.