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Show BELGIANS ATTACK -FRONT AND FLANK OF THE GERMANS LONDON". Sept. -JS, 2:51 a. m. The following fol-lowing ofheia 1 slat emeu t. issued at Antwerp Ant-werp yesterday, has been received by Reu-tcr's Reu-tcr's te!e::;ini company: "Yesterday (Saturday) a detachment of German troops, comprising one brigade of infantrv. two regiments oT cavalry and two heavy and four light batteries of artillery ar-tillery was surprised on the march from Brussels to Termonde via Alost. Attacked on the front and Hank, they retired in disorder loward Assche. leaving in Belgian Bel-gian hands many prisoners wounded and ca issons. "Todav fSimdav) apparently in revenge for this check. Mallnes was bombarded by Ions range guns and our front between Malincs and Alcst was subjected to a general gen-eral attack bv strong forces. Toward Alost Al-ost the Belgian cavalry division succeeded in taking the German left wing on the flank and gradually our troops maintained their positions. , "At Malines the railway station suffered severely from the bombardment. Numerous Numer-ous houses are in ruins and others have j been burned. A dozen civilians were killed and many wounded." |