_La Presse_, Antwerp, No. 213:--"Fighting in the streets of Liège": "Liège is resisting marvellously. The inhabitants uniting with the Garde Civique are fighting in the streets."
_La Métropole_, Antwerp, August 8th:--"Some of the inhabitants of Liège broke open the window of a gunsmith's shop, seized guns, revolvers and cartridges and pursued the Uhlans to the outskirts of the town."
_Nouveau Précurseur_, No. 225, _apropos_ of the battle of Haelen:--"Lieutenant Van Doren, 4th Chasseurs-à-cheval, charged with the defence of the town of Diest, had not a single soldier at his disposal. He appealed to the volunteer firemen of Diest. These as one man demanded to march to the firing line.... Three of the firemen were slightly wounded; their names are Emil Kneuts, Louis Van Attenhoven and Leandre Segars."
_De Stem van Haspengouw_, August 6th:--"The Germans entered Visé where they met with a vigorous resistance not only on the part of a small detachment of soldiers who were there but also on the part of the civilians. The Germans completely destroyed the town."
The _Nieuwe Gazet_, August 7th:--"Some women and civilians have fired on the Germans who have shown themselves pitiless in sparing nothing."
Another correspondent of the same paper describes what he saw at Visé: "Young and old ran to take up arms, and if they were unable to stop the murderous advance of the German cavalry, the inhabitants at least resisted till the last moment. People fired from the houses upon the Germans, who, in conformity with the laws of war, in these cases, accorded no mercy. They penetrated into the houses from which the shots had been fired and shot a certain number of inhabitants found with arms in their hands."
_Nieuwe Gazet_, August 8th:--"After the German artillery had set some houses on fire, the infantry marched to the attack. This was not only directed against the soldiers, but also against the civilian population who took part in the combat. People shoot from the houses, small boys and women bombard the assailants with stones, and even some old men from behind the doors fire on the advancing soldiers."
The paper goes on to tell us that a German Officer assembled the inhabitants round him and was urging them to remain calm. "Scarcely had the officer closed his mouth, when a shot suddenly fired at him caused him to fall dead to the ground."