Belgian Official Photograph.
Armored Train Defending Antwerp.
Belgian Official Photograph.
Armored Car Harassing Invaders.
"You think this has been done with the forts at Liége!" ejaculated the doctor.
"That is evident," was the reply. "See, this is a night bombardment. There are no advance posts, no aeroplanes to report back the results of gun-fire. Yet the German shells are falling on the forts with deadly precision, falling on forts which the gunners have never seen. I doubt if there is a single fortified place in Belgium of which the Germans do not possess accurate plans."
"Then you think they will break through?"
"We cannot hope to prevent it," the master answered. "The Kaiser's generals would never attack Liége unless they were confident of success. Since they know exactly what we possess for defense, they would not be sure of success unless they knew that they possessed an infinitely stronger force of attack."
"But I have heard that the forts of Liége were impregnable!"