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Show FORTS REPEL " ' GERMANS: AT JNTWERP London, Oct. 2, A dispatch from. Antwerp timed 10 o'clock Thursday night, says: "Tho German attacks on Antwerp continue. Last night the Inhabitants of the city wero startled by tho un-'interrupted un-'interrupted thundering ot guns. Tho Belgians responded from Forts Ureeii-donck Ureeii-donck and Waclhem at 1 o'clock this, morning. The Hermans tried in vain to damage tho forts with their heavy guns. "Shells fell In tho vlllago ot Bllle-broeck, Bllle-broeck, demolishing tho wwn hall and a mill. Nearly all tho southern, forts were active in Inflicting heavy losses upon the Germans. It Is reported re-ported that the Germans lost 8000 killed at Fort Wavro St. Catharines." An ofllclnl statement issued. nt Ant werp and sent by tho correspondent of tho Exchange Telegraph Company says: "Thero has boon a fierce artillery duel all day (Thursday). Somo of the German batteries which ventured too close to the forts wero dcmolltth- ed. ho enemy moved In tho direction, of Wavre, S. Catharines, but wero stopped by darkness." A dispatch from Antwerp to the Renter Telegram company says that a Zeppelin was reported Wednesday night successively over Moll, Rcthy. Turnhout, Bourg-Leopoldft ,,Merxplas, Hrecht, Cortsmallo and , Wcstmallc, and at 3:30 ln,tho morning It dropped drop-ped bombs near, FqrtBroochem without with-out serious ura.age,.,U then Approached Approach-ed -Antwerp, but vas.-put to, flight by; tho forts. , n.4v k ,0I M ,..,- Fort -Aref.StlllMntact ,-.;. - All night -the -Germans' bbmbarded the fortresses ot Antwerp, the diu patch contlnu'es, 1"u't tho fortB replied vigorously fcnd proved tha't they were I still Intact. Thursday morning tho artillery duel du-el continued all. along tho front nnd the Germans, having again ventured into Mallnes, the' Belgian troops bombarded bom-barded tho town . Fort Waelhem was tho object of n particularly severe cannonading. At Rumpst tho llelgl-niiB llelgl-niiB wero ordered to cngngo In Independent Inde-pendent firing. This lasted two and a halt hours, tho dispatch says, ttml tho Germans retired In disorder, leaving leav-ing nn enormous number of dead nnd wounded. -. , |