ties;
Allies fall back and may quit Brussels; Germans occupy Louvain; French
report further advance into Alsace; Germans retake Ville.

Aug. 20--French reoccupy Muelhausen, but are checked in Lorraine; other
French gains in Alsace; German cavalry occupies Brussels; Belgian Army
retires on Antwerp; French victory near Luneville; Germans defeat
Belgians at Aerschot.

Aug. 21--French withdraw from Lorraine; Germans rush through Brussels,
capture Ghent, levy war taxes on Brussels and Liege, and will try to
seize Ostend; England says tax levy is violation of Hague treaty; German
assault on Namur begins; report of German vengeance on town of Tongres;
Antwerp, new seat of Government, prepares for defense; Germans hold
Audun-la-Roman and continue to cross the Meuse.

Aug. 22--French deny German report of victory between Metz and the
Vosges; Germans continue bombardment of Namur forts and face Allies on
twenty-mile front to Charleroi; main force is aimed at Lille; battle
between English and Germans at Waterloo; French close in on Colmar;
fight between German and English cavalry at Colmar; fear that Belgian
cities may not be able to pay indemnity; Germans accused of shooting
Burgomaster and citizens of Aerschot without provocation.

Aug. 23--Allies take offensive against Germans along 150-mile line from
Mons to Luxemburg; Belgian commander blows up one Liege fort; others
hold out; French repel three days' attack on Muelhausen intrenchments;
France protests to Hague against use of dumdum bullets by Germans.

Aug. 24--Allies fall back before German attack on Belgium; report that
Namur has fallen; account made public of battle at Charleroi; Germans,
led by Crown Prince in Lorraine, pursue French beyond Longwy; success of
force headed by Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria at Luneville, Blamont and
Cirey; French defeated at Neuf-chateau by forces under Grand Duke
Albrecht of Wuerttemberg; Germans begin another attack on Muelhausen;
English cavalry brigade defeated by Germans south of Brussels; Germans
set fire to Hussigny and resume fire at Liege.

Aug. 25--Battle on new 200-mile-line between Germans and Allies; Germans
capture five Namur forts and are attacking others; French withdraw from
Alsace to frontier; Allies gain to the south; Germans levy tax on
Brabant; report that Lorrainers betrayed French troops to Germans.

Aug. 26--Allies fall back a short distance in Belgium; Belgian success
at Malines; French claim success near Nancy