way.

They look to us to lead the way
To liberty for all the world,
The dawning of that better day
When war's torn banners shall be furled--
The day when men of every race
Their right divine shall clearly see
To rule themselves by their own grace,
Forever and forever free.

*"Human Documents" of Battle*

*By Men Who Saw or Took Part./*

_Written in the hurry and confusion of battle, and without the
opportunity at hand to check up the impressions given, it is of
course likely that these dispatches from special correspondents may
contain many things which history will correct. But as human
documents they have no equal, and history will not be able, however
she may correct matters of detail and partisan feeling, to offer
anything which will give a more vivid impression of the glare and
roar of battle than do these letters, penned by men actually in or
near the firing line at the moment of great events. As such_ THE
TIMES _offers them, not as frozen history, but as history in the
making, and has no apologies to make for an error of fact here and
there, for those very errors are in a way testimony that adds value
to the story--the story of honest and hard-driven human beings
writing what was passing before their eyes._

*The German Entry Into Brussels*

*By John Boon of The London Daily Mail.*

BRUSSELS, via Alost, Aug. 20. (Thursday,) 10 P.M.

The Germans entered Brussels shortly after 2 P.M. today without firing a
shot.

Yielding to the dictates of reason and humanity, the civil Government at
the last moment disbanded the Civic Guard, which the Germans would not
recognize. The soldiers and ordinary police were then entrusted with the
maintenance of order.

After a day of wild panic and slumberless nights the citizens remained
at their windows. Few sought their couches.

The morning broke brilliantly. The city was astir early, and on all lips
were the words: "They are here" or "They are coming!"

The "they" referred to were already outside the boundaries in great
force. The artillery was packed off on the road to Waterloo. Horse,
foot, and sapper were packed deep on the Louvain and Tervervueren roads.

An enterprising motorist came in with the information and the crowds in
the busy centres immediately became calm. At 11 o'clock it was reported
that an officer with half a troop of hussars bearing white flags had
halted outside