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The Leader Enterprise
Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia
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German army advances steadily across Belgium by weight of numbers, facing Belgian outpost skirmishes but reaching a line north of Namur to Haelen. Allied forces are in battle order, anticipating first major clash between Louvain and Diest to block roads to Brussels and Antwerp.
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London, Aug. 15.—Pushing forward by mere weight of numbers, the German advance across Belgium is slowly but steadily proceeding.
Soon it must come in contact with the allied armies, which according to an official communication from Brussels tonight, are in battle order at some point unnamed.
The Belgians in the outpost skirmishing are said to have inflicted severe checks on the German forces; but on the whole the German wing has kept on its way and has reached a line from north of Namur to Haelen, which suggests that the first big battle will be fought somewhere between Louvain and Diest, where the allies probably will try to block the roads to Brussels and Antwerp and prevent the German attempt to render North Belgium untenable.
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Belgium
Event Date
Aug. 15
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belgians inflicted severe checks on german forces in outpost skirmishing, but germans continued advance to line from north of namur to haelen.
Event Details
German advance across Belgium proceeds slowly but steadily by weight of numbers. It will soon contact allied armies in battle order per Brussels communication. First big battle likely between Louvain and Diest, where allies aim to block roads to Brussels and Antwerp and prevent Germans from rendering North Belgium untenable.