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Show FILL OF MAUBEUGE H LOffl DOUBTED White Flag Hoisted Septem ber 7, After Bombard ment of 12 Days cpe a Cab j Arransemnt VI h Londoa Dal 1 , T aph and In erna ona Newa Serrlc.) LONDON Sept IS Tl e T mes corre I spo dent at Boulogne announces the faJJ Of Maubeuge in tfie fo lowln0 cl spatel ITaubeuge fe 1 on September Tl e investment began o ijgust o On Au gus 26 the fi st s e as fired On August 27 the main attack was concen trated on the forts to the north, and east of t ect) iorts do Bousso s Des Essarts and De Ge fontaine and t e earthworks of Rocq were destrojed by heavy art! ery The towti suffered severe y from the bo nbardment wb ch ont nued with great o ence for twe ve days Mo e t an 1000 she s fel in one mjght near the ra lwaiy stat on and the Rue de France was partly destroj ed The oss of I fe however was comparat vely si g t A.t 11 0 o clock on the morn ng of September 7 a wh te flag was ho std on t e c u ch towe and trumpets sounded cea e fi ng but tl e fi inB onlj ceased at 2 o ock t at afte noon In the meant nre the grea e pa t of the gar son succeeded in Ieav ng the town T e Ge man fo es marc ed In at o c ock that e en ng |