Show correspondent WITH GERMAN ti ARMY WALKS AMID BULLETS IN BATTLE by Jac jacquee cluts tit of the lie chios dally daily news antwerp P belgium 4 I 1 have just reached antwerp after an absence of 20 days 17 of 0 which I 1 passed ne as a prisoner in the hande hands of tho the germans in brussels Uru aiels I 1 find scattered patches of this city cither either knocked do down a by shells or burned but it la impossible at the moment to estimate the damage the to town n la dead the total belgian population amounting only to about five hundred however refugees aro are returning lowly ly tho the trains A which are bringing them thorn arriving from hold d the germans ore are ri running inning a senico of motor caia cats from DruB brussels sIs to antwerp and I 1 came hero here on one of theme cars see mallnee bombardment my experiences loncia since leaving ghent include besides imprisonment M walk alk ing with halt a dozen dozea other civilian civilians before a column of german infantry advancing against the belgians in the streets of malanos Mall nos while the bullets whistled about us and while noille shells from tho the laisers kaisers kai kal sers heavy artillery artil bary screamed overhead and boomed against fort Wacl Wael hem hern I 1 was aas an eye 3 e ot of the bombardment of mn AIR lines tho the details of which I 1 will give glee aa as my story pro progresses grenes on riding out from antwerp on a bicycle 20 daa a ago as tho the battle on the plain was as beginning I 1 heard the heaviest firing in the direction of ma ala lines I 1 asked a reb belgian commander it if it would lae io safe for me 0 o go to yes said ho he for we me shall hold the town ut least until tonight run runs into german army thereupon I 1 rode rapidly malines around which thundered heavy guns entering the town with the full aes assurance urance that it N w as held by br belgians I 1 suddenly found myself face face to face mth a column of german infantry cdoil to one side of a 11 treet on the other side of which shell fi fineas alre reas was bribing down quantities of brick and stone this shell fire proceeded from the belgian guns at fort Wael hem at the other end of the town I 1 saw the last of the regiments of belgian infantry backing stubbornly out of the bullet swept streets rides on his HI wheel to front but I 1 roust must return to the beginning of my story acry every day beginning with september 11 1 I rode on my bicycle from antwerp to the fighting front which extended in a wide deml 1 circle well mell beyond the outer ring of forts on the alth and the belgians fought a series of battles so determined and brilliant that the germans are still talking admiringly of them then they were ere driven within the outer forta forts and the germans bagan immediately to prepare positions for or their great guns by leveling the ground and building concrete platforms saturday september 26 the belgians made a desperate sortie for the Pr purpose poise if nf blow blon ing up the german entrenchments mente mentS und concrete ments they por persisted alsted in this attempt all aday lay saturday and saturday night but early sunday morning I 1 found them in full retreat I 1 reached the foremost trenches tren dies where the fiusa stand was as made prior to the return within the forts the belgians hau had fallen back from buggenhout and were making their stand along the high road to malines and Ter bermonde Terin monde their trenches were ere hastily dug and manned and machine machino guns ere were hurried into position lon the germans hidden in the wood opened a helvy rifle fire and this was so hot that the belgians launched a cavalry ny ement to clear the wood see sees marvelous marksmanship when the cavalry had ha covered about half the distance I 1 witnessed a marvelous feat of marksmanship by the germans their artillery was in position about two and a quarter miles behind their advance troops the belgian charge having been signaled the ger man artillerists fired one shell which dropped in the very midst of the belgian horsemen killing and wounding many and sending the others into be headlong adlong flight for shelter ard the germans came quickly upon us with their bayonets charging recklessly through our rifle fire were tb abre ore that ve vre were ere forced to flee for our lives 1 witnesses artillery due duel the next day monday september 28 1 went to Wilde broek an artillery duel raged along the whole length of 0 the line and the incessant scream of the shells deafened one and nd made ones head ache pushing on to malinee I 1 fell into the hands of the germans as previous ly told they ordered me to take my place with iab other civilians at the head of a column of infantry I 1 pointed to the american flag about my arm with lettera letters la in gilt glit it Is no use said the officer in command I 1 1110 t ok my place PIRCO in front of the eol sol di diers era and advanced at the we word of command tho the belgian sold lera lors wore were about three hundred yards ahead backing out of tou aa an I 1 said and firing aa as they retired pressed tho the lael belgians glatin moved out of town crossed tho the bridge over the river dyle and rit marched arched about eight hundred arda down the river whore where thoy they hastily took a position hide hides on a prison porch parch I 1 saw meyeral fares started b by y be belgian shells and I 1 passed tho the famous cathedral of st which had been badly damaged we crossed sev oral bridges the belgians firing oring on us u at right angles from rom down tho the river on tho bridge tho the germane advanced ns sin fast as they could run making ut koop ahead attend ot of them on tho the last bridge I 1 crossed I 1 found miola alone atolls with a german officer llo inspected my iny flag noard my story and told ma to laho la refuge in the porch of tho the prism pris iun which stood cloeo close by and lind wait until tho the general camo came up whole colu columns kept on coming all crossing tho the bridge at a run in groups of no 20 after them thorn came light naul guns drawn drann by marines tho the general staff followed soon after and also took shelter behind the prison apparently the belgian ui had been warned arned of thia this fact for their shells began to burst near tho the prison Se several eral wounded mounded nold lore were brought into the office and I 1 marveled at their fortitude I 1 also was surprised to soo see tho the ger man officers expose thern bolves absolute disregard die regard of their lives daring during all the street fighting they wore won al all was vas among their men commanding them to take shelter near tho the walls or behind project projecting irig corners I 1 saw tho the soldiers doing this while tho the officers themselves wore ore walking right in the middle of tho the road tho tito officer with w horn I 1 crossed the last bridge chatted with me utterly indifferent to tho the fact that bullets were hying flying about ita u and flattening themselves against tho the iron work mork of the bridge given staff officer guard I 1 interviewed admiral von yon der commanding the marine division he was a hearty old sea dog smoking a short german pipe and dressed liko like a yach yachtsman teman he lie told me that I 1 might return to antwerp and tell the belgians 9 falls there that he would be ath with them in a couple of weeks meeks you also may wiro wire london said the admiral that I 1 will be there in a couple of months As I 1 had had enough of marching toward antwerp at tho the head of an attacking column I 1 begged the admiral to let me go to brussels granted said the admiral not vot only this but two staff officers offic tra will take you in their motor car they did so treating me with tho the 1 greatest cordiality tho the country presented a shocking aspect every village church and farra farm building had been burned to the ground all going down before the tide of fire the fields were mere desolate and the inhabitants had fled As we passed a village called Hop stade I 1 saw four centimeter 46 inch guns being put into position I 1 knew then that antwerp as a fortress was doomed charged with beang spy on my arrival in Dru tle tl e ge germans consideration for me came to an end abruptly for to the time being I 1 was sent to the war office building the upper rooms in which had been converted into a prison hero I 1 was brought before a judge and subjected to a drastic search and cross examination the detectives found some good war ar hapsmith maps map smith with penciled indications of the position of the german artillery notes I 1 had taken for meele and also a camera carriers with undeveloped films of military pictures that I 1 had taken in the course of my Journey lags within both the german and the belgian lines on this evidence I 1 waa was charged ith being a spy in spite of the abundant p pi bof ot of my position as a correspondent spon dent the judge bluntly told me that I 1 might be shot the next morning and this suggestion vas promptly made to the denem general who summoned me io tv appear before him again I 1 stated my casi unlike the judge the general seemed mora anxious to do ustice than to shoot al lebed spies held until antwerp fall falls you haw important mation about our dispositions before ant burp 1 1 said he be this information you gained by passing through forbidden territory and I 1 see that yo yon noted down the position of our heavy beavy ar tillery you must remain under guard here until antwerp Is in our hands then you may go tree free I 1 I 1 cannot say how I 1 rejoiced when the day of rny release dawned lor how sorrowful I 1 felt for my fellow prisoners I 1 left behind As soon as antwerp fell the germans set about repairing the roads between that gity and brussels Brue sels I 1 |