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Show SEVERE EIGHT Will BELGIANS German Cavalry and Belgian Quick Firing Detachment Battle Near Alost. London, Sept. 15 10:36 a m An engagement took place yesterday near Alost. fifteen miles northwest of Brussels between German cavalry and a Relgium quick-firing detat b ment in motor cars, according to an Ostend dispatch to Reuter's Telegram company. The German losses are reported to be heaty. Twenty thousand Germans, the dispatch dis-patch says, hove evacuated Alost has tily to reinforce their troops elsewhere. else-where. Before their departure the Germans removed their flag which had been flying over the railway station. sta-tion. , Contrary to reports previously circulated, cir-culated, the prison at Louvaln re-mainb re-mainb intact and stiLl holds prison , ers. i |