Volume 16 , Issue 26

100 Years Ago - 12 August 1914

One hundred years ago today, 12 August 1914, Wednesday, The Washington Herald front page headlines were: Kaiser's Campaign On France Gains Chief Laurels In Checking the Alsatian Invasion At Muelhausen. Allies were concentrating to check German advance that was threatening Brussels. There was a brilliant French victory to halt Kaiser's army at Spencourt . . . bombardment of Liege continued. They were expecting battle within 24 hours.

Coalition forces were preparing to attack near Waterloo. With the German army of the north pouring into Belgium through Tongres and threatening Brussels, the army of the Meuse bombarding the forts encircling Liege, and the Luxemberg column halted by a brilliant French defense gained its chief laurels yesterday in checking the Alsatian invasion of Gen. Joffre at Muelhausen.

The French heavy artillery from Lille was hastening through Brussels to Waterloo to effect a junction with the allied forces of England and Belgium and there attempt to halt the threatened forward movement of the Kaiser's right wing.

A ball was expected within twenty-four hours. Along the our the River German entrenchments were thrown up. Unloading of troops continued in the region of Gerolstein, Metz and Thionville.

Many brilliant sorties had been made by the Belgians from the Liege forts, German commands operating apart from the main army being attacked and driven back with severe losses. So vicious had the fighting been about the city that it was reported the Meuse is running red with the blood of the dead and wounded.

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