_Matin_, Antwerp, No. 225:--"At Dormael the three brothers Sevenans who had fired on the Germans were shot; their bodies were pierced by lance-wounds and their house was burnt down." _Nouveau Précurseur_, No. 223:--"It is no laughing matter. All the people, soldiers, Gardes Civiques or armed villagers take their task seriously.... It is no longer a question of soldiers or of the regular Gardes Civiques. These are villagers and retired members of the Garde. The majority are armed with sporting guns, several have revolvers and a few have sabres in addition." This is followed by the following advice from an officer of the Belgian Staff to a civilian correspondent:--"Take care not to fall into the hands of the Uhlans.... Never abandon your revolver; if you see them, fire at them but do not stop for a moment, it would mean death." _Burgerwelzijn_, Bruges, No. 95, gives the following account of the fighting at Herstael:--"Some 2,000 Germans had penetrated as far as the National Arms Factory and were received by a hail of bullets. All the houses, even the smallest, had been transformed into veritable fortresses. In addition to this, barricades had been erected in the streets, behind which soldiers and civilians were posted ready to fire. Women and children brought up the supplies of ammunition. The resistance lasted until all the men and women were _hors de combat_. The Germans then penetrated into the village, no longer fighting under command, but firing independently. They sheltered themselves behind a few remaining bushes, for the inhabitants had burned and destroyed everything which could serve as cover. Their trumpets rallied them, at least those who survived, and they retired on Vivegnies. It was with real joy that the inhabitants had seen the enemy disappear, when the sound of a trumpet was suddenly heard. The Uhlans had remounted and were advancing on the village at a trot while the infantry at the same time wheeling to the right attacked the village from the flank. The population allowed the assailants to approach. The attack of the Uhlans was terrible, no less terrible the resistance of the villagers. Men, women and children opened such a frightful fire on the enemy that the first ranks tumbled one on the other. The Germans nevertheless entered the village streets, cavalry in front, infantry behind, while the exasperated populace did not cease to overwhelm the enemy with its fire. The women poured boiling oil and water on the German soldiers who rolled on the ground howling with the pain. It will be some time before the people in Germany learn what the assailants of the village of Herstael went through; one can, in fact, count on five fingers those who escaped alive from the carnage." _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."