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Show Belgians win hot fight on their left wing-, 1000,1)00 READY FOR TOE CLASH II BELGIUIVI London Daily Telegraph Says the Battle Will Continue Many Days and May Be So Decisive Decis-ive as to Bring War to a Speedy Conclusion. ALLIES KNOW JUST WHERE ENEMY IS Information Is Due to the Effective Services of the Airmen; Frontier Fron-tier of Germany on the Russian Side Is Only Lightly Guarded. (Sptt CM br Arrvigemnt - Ui London Dfcl J Te ernph aod la era oDftl Nov borrlc ) LONDON 12. The Daily Tele graph in this (Thursday) morning s leading art cle on the war says This precise official statement is as important as any mil tary news pub 1 shed s nee the opening of the war is made Of the twenty six German army corps the bulk have now been defin tely located The mass of the German troops are concentrated between Liege and Luxemburg The front er on the Russian side is only 1 ghtly guarded There is no longer any question of a senous effort against the almost un assailable fort Scat ons along the Fran co German frontier Germany's Plan Clear The German plan is clear It is also unalterable Matters have so far advanced that everyth ng Is being staked upon the success of a movement in enormous strength through neutral terr tones Definite assurance of this gives a priceless advantage to the French and their allies They know where the main strength of the enemy is massed and what is it its intention They even know approx mately the numbers and the sort of troops that are being brought up Jo defense could ask n ore than to enjoy this knowledge wh ch undoubted ly is due in the mam to the flying man There is no longer any doubt then as to the territory in wh ch the i two hosts are to meet in the most fear ful clash in human h storj It w 11 be roughly between Metz the n ost north erly of the German fortresses fac ng France and Brussels A battle is linmi nent a battle of a million men more or less on each s de I ght ng will be upon a front of about 100 miles The battle will be almost certa nly n any days in progress and the result w 11 be dec sive Experts Are Presiding Scient lie sold ers are d vided in op n on but there s h gh author ty for the v ew that a s ogle battle upon su h a scale may practically end the war The preponderance of m 1 tary op n on howe er appea s to be aga nst that viewpo nt Tho world s ent rely w th out exper ence n such warfare but t can only wa t and watch A really daraagin" blow to Gcr n any m ght not be dec s ve as between (. erman and her western ad ersar es but w th Buss a almost ready to st ke a serious defeat n Belgium m ght well put an end to Gern any s hopes |