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Show TORY OF FALL JP ANTWERP IN FORMf DIARY Iespondent of London ntral News Tells of the vents Leading Up to Final Catastrophe ,GIANS PRAISED OR BRAVE DEFENSE ;ermans Lose When At ticking With Infantry, Guns Finally Ac comphsh Work LONDON Oct 1" Oo a n In 'form of a a ary the story of the , ,i if Antwerp and the C'erman plan 'attack are g en n the following -J5 h rece ved by the Central .ews ,Ji1ts Ostend corre ponlent dated tfaturda eptember b The Bel jg Tet red fron the pos t ons east ,jh"and west of Mai nes to the 1 ne ijS er forts fbeptcmber 2 The Ge mans bom iSd and oceup ed Mai nes tScptembe S Bombardment of fciDe 'tt aelhem De Wavre St Cath r m and other forts on the southern j&y 11 nel1 now tzers 0 ptember 29 Maaz ne of Port IpCae hem blown up by shell f re f Be Wav e St Catharine put out it on lorts at L erre bombarded September SO ro ts JDe "ft aelhem pfpe "Wavre St Catha ne completely i?b cd aterworks beh nd Fort De tilhem blon n up The Belg an n ijy continued to hold the intrench 1 s n the face of a ver table hell of i 11 fire The water supply n Ant rijr s greatly c rtailed lermant) Repuked J$ tobe 1 The L er e fo ts de mjed The Gem an nfantry attacks i e repul ed w th hea y losses LO tobcr The e was a hea y bom idment of the BeJ" an trenches The ienans ret ed at mht n good orde id lined the river Nethe The Ger ms pecan to occ py the outer r ng f Jorts A Cerman aerQplane flew v the c ty and droppe 1 pamphlets line the uhab tants to surrender and I e then selves suffer n October 3 Arr al of fresh B t a t oops whp Tel e ed fat gued Bel ana on the southeastern sect on Here Germans concentrated the r attack pas now almost exclus vely an ar ry attack LOctober 4 Qu et until even n rh d tbe Germans began a fur ous bon mlment of L er e and the r er bank uhs LQctober o The Germans c oss the r ver and occupy L erre and Dufiel The main Belnan army bean ret re ment westward October (3 Depa tu e of King: Al bert the go ernment and the fore n ra n &ters Heavy bombardment of the al ed pos t on The all ed troops re t red d ring the niht on second line of forts October 7 Governor General De Gui o announces that a bombardment of the c ty is imm nent The Germans emplane batter es for the r purpose and at m dn ght a heavy bomba dment be gins October 8 Exodus of the popula t on The bombardment ftf the town & cont nued tt th olence The pe trolcun tanks are ablaze Berchem a southern suburb s n flames as also a e any houses n the c ty The de fend troops on the southwest sec to a e offer ngr olent res stanee It s dec de 1 to evacuate the c ty and the Br t sh and Belgian forces leave during the n ght Tall of City October 9 The fall and occupat on of ntwerp It 11 thus be seen that the Ger n a s took a fo tiught to dr ve the r nede nto the southeastern sect on of the defenses the correspondent con t nues and this speaks volumes for the stubbornness of the defense Br t sh marines were hu r ed across last Sunday and conveyed to Antwerp mth all speed "W th then were some blue ae ets Thej came without overcoats or 1 ts but cheerfully endured the cold and ra n as well as the pnlver z ng fire The r recept on all a ound was most cnth ast c After Monday t was merely a ques t on o endur n" the terr ble f re as long as poss. ble 4. lare proport on of tl e Bclg an t oops went westward Alonday and T esday to msu e an even t al 1 ne of ret eat 4. large add t onal fo ce of B t sh mar nes arrived Tues a morning Big Guns Mounted E entuallv t e Gern ans mounted t e 4 cent neter "Tins They were en ab ed to e with g eat accuracy than to ther obsenaton balloons a though ow ng to the cold and rain the operat ons were eomet mes sus vendel The Br t sh na al gunners b oufht one balloo down v, th a round of 1yd 1 te after shrapnel had proved Deffect ve Ab 1 ty to h t bacl we ght for v e " ht was the one cry ng need at Ant werp whose fate po nts to one irre s st ble conclus on that the day of forts s o er The supposed impreg nable forts pro ed b oken reeds aga nst the g ant how tzers One of B aln ont s eat wor s sanl al nost bod y f on s ght n con scq ence of the ca t es made all I aro n 1 ts f o ndat ons by the terr f e explos ons Tl e others are shattered I be o 1 ecogn t on 1 T nderstand that the Br t sh naval tor e saved a 1 ts wounded an! guns The Bel a a ray s st 11 ntact Germany s Aimy 3p a C b e o The Tribune TO IF O 11 In sem of c a c c es $ a ed a Ge many s forces at p esen enerasef cons st of f f y four an o ps of f st ne troops and f f J c e co ps of re&en sts to a about 200 000 me 1 ese fo es are d 9 bu ed as fol I ons rrance eny four a mv corps j Re K un To Cracow e even East P uss th rtee n add on here a e a m on and a a e o a fi ga soned n Ge n anv a d 500 000 rec 8 expected o be fu j a e b November |