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Show THREE GREAT GERMAN ARMIES CONCENTRATING IN BELGIUM topee a Csble by A rangement th London Dally Telegraph and Interna ona News Serv c. BRLCSEL Aug 11 war office statement Issued th a afternoon an nounces that the bu k of the Ge man armv of n aslon is n e nq a o g he Ourt e ri e f om- hi h po nt the ad ance gua ds are ventu nt, out Anotl er be o of tl e ade s con prising two d s ons of a a r wi h sup porting nfan ry and ar erj s operat ling near Tongres fifteen miles to the north of Uege, Another lnvad nf? army Is said to be moving towa d "Water oo and Brusse s, but as fa ed to penetrate west or Tong eB An off cia statement says the Ge mana a e apparent y reorgan z ng in 1 f ont of L ege prepa atory to a f esh forward movement The French a t lery Is rapid y moving, to the fron hrough this c y The French soldiers a e be ng v, de y ac earned by the Be gians German re n tf forcements are also arrlv ng French a ators are constan y firing over d s tricts where troops are be ng det a ned and are subjected to a storm of sho s It is expected that the combined French Eng lsh Belgian arm es wl 1 as sume the offensive against the Germans within th rty six hours Siege Guns in Place German bombardment of the Liege forts continues Heavy s ege guns a p being p aced In pos t on by the Germalls since possession of these forts is ita to the German operat ons in th s loca Ity The Germa gar son 1 the city s Bmall the n ajor ty of the army of the Meuse aggregat ng 120 000 men stll be ng engaged in the s ege Many br 11 ant sort es 1 ave been made by t e Be g ans from the forts German ommandH operating apart fron t e ma n body be ng attacked and d Iven bac t v. t severe osses Bo via ous has the flg t ng been about the o ty that t is repo ted the Meuse is runn ngi red wit the b ood of the dead and wounded It is offlc ally announced here that the German loss to date in the- Be g an campaign was 2000 dead 20 000 wounded and 9700 pr soners Refugees say the Be ? an loss is eavy and that a of the hospita s of Ghent and ot er near by cities are fil ed Belgians Destroy Bridge Last Hinday a pontoon br dge thrown over the Meuse by the Ge ma s at Her sta a village j st outs de L ege, was de stroyed by the Belgians wl o got the co rect range of it w th the r guns In the face of a heavy fire the Germans set to work and repaired the brdge The Germans made a desperate attaolc on Fort Sera ng Bouth of L ege Sunday n ght and were repu sed with heavy oss Belg an reports say 800 Germans were kl ed with n an area of ha f a square mi a, A br dge wh ah the Germans were crossing! was shattered by the fire from the forts The Germans attempted the assau t with great courage Some of the r dead were found directly in front of the barb wire fencing that surrounds the fort Copies of Germari war p ans a eged to have been found on captured Uh an of fleers it Is c aimed show tl at t e army wh ch s operating about Tongres is the main German i vad ng army They are sa d a bo to onfirm t e be ef ha Ge man expected o opp$6 t on n Be gi m Acco d ng o these pas whjch have b en made ub 1c b the Be gian war off e e Gerrma s had intended to oc cup Bru sds on August T and push right on o "L e wh ch they had hoped o inves on August 5 |