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Show ALLIES SPREAD OUT FOR BATTLE WITH GERMANS BRU&SELS via Paris Aug 12 Cm the report that operat ons on an extene ve sea e were in m nent a correspondent by perm s on of the war contro made a cu t a ong twenty m es of t e Be g an f ont vis t ng the extreme ad ance and ta king with 1 e officers and men The Be g axis are on t e alert as im por ant bod es of German cava ry are nak nD the r way through the country above Liege proceed ng n the d rection of Tongres and St Trond, The mpres on of the correspondent is t at no hea y fighting s 1 ke y in Be g an Llmbu g where the Germans have t e or no nfantry By the oppos t o offered by the Be g an troops at L ege the Germans ost prec ous t me w ch was profl ab employed b he French and Br sh n concentrat ng masses at conven ent po nts The a I ed forces have been so d s posed as to be supported by a fortified fos tlon at many of the chief po nts but t e or noth ng has been done around Brusse s and it s thought hat that city s be ng used as a ba t to att act the Ge mans The Be g an peop e are anxious regard Ing Brusse s as the German cava y is ca ry ng ra ds nearer and nearer to the capital but such cons derat ons are not ke y to ha e any effect on the dec sions of the genera s aff It is certain that vast preparations have been made by the al es now spread out for battle and they are kely to move quickly when the hour to strike comes |