Show SAY GERMAN EMPEROR I. I DIRECTS BELGIAN f CAMPAIGN LONDON DON Aug 1 19 2 9 p. p m. m The m. The announcement In a n. telegram from Crom Brussels Brussels Brus us sels dated I last lawt night of tierce fierce fighting between be be- i I t tween een Belgian and German troops troop alon alona an extended front Is generally accepted In London today as Indicating the real be ho- ho ginning of ot tho the first t great battle of ot the war Tho The German attack Is today tay again re reported reported re- re ported made on the direct orders of Em Erl William himself to his generals in lii tho the field The rhe exact extent of oC the time line of or fighting OshUn- has hall not yet been revealed re but presumably It stretches in Inn 11 u north and south line Be Be- jond ond this its Hs definite location locution Is virtually virtual guess work Refugees from tram Diest and other towns town in that section of ot Bel Belgium lum I who tied fled as the Germans approached are coming Into Brussels in great numbers Tho They declare that since the tho inhabitants Inhabitant vacated German Gorman shells sheila have hae been dro dropping In the town and that sib sib- tho the Bel Belgians broke tho the German advance ad there at time the point of the bayonet bayo bno net nel |