The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-14

> Charles, who, since the destruction
I Dinant, had succeeded as Duke, went
; person to the Cathedral of st. Lamber
r and driving out the robbers, rescue
: that temple. His Lieutenant in lii
manner rescued the Church of s
James but all the other churches wer
completely Quilted and sacked. Thi
fury continued all that day. On til
succeeding morning an order was ISSUES
that aged men and women and childre
might leave the city, The ecclesiastica
communities were sent by boats to an
other city. After the departure o
these, license was again given Their
were no orders to kill or plumber bu
there was freedom given to the soldier
to do what they pleased. There was nc
concerted massacre but there was 4
general and deliberate murder, without
the weak apology of provocation. AL
the men found in Liege were prisoners
slaves. They we're hanged, singly OF
In groups, as if for diversion. Many
were carried to the house-tops, and
thence hurled to the street below. The
majority, however, who were killed, were
taken to the bridge over the Meuse, tied
together in pairs, and there thrown into
the river. How many perished by these
and other means of death is unknown.
The historians, who were of the Bur-
gnndians, never gave any details, though
they acknowledged the massacre. Va
rious estimates, founded upon more or
!sss historical data, are given /; and many
writers place the number as high as
10000. Those who had fled the city be-
fore the advent of the troops met fate
hardly less dreadful, and in some in
stances more cruel than those who re-
manned. They sought refuge and shell
ter in the woods. They were destitute
of food and clothing. They could 60
nowhere else. Harboring or giving
shelter to fugitives from Liege was held
to be crime, and punished accordingly.
Strong bodies of troops were sent after
them. They were hunted as beasts.
They persisted with cold and hunger,
and from exposure.
The soldiery had exhausted all their
and strength in wiping ont
Dinant, but regular saborers were en-
oloyed to make more thorough work |
# the demolition of Liege, and erase
llmost its very ruins from the land
cape.
Some pains were taken to isolate the
hurches, in order to prevent their tax
ng fire when the latter should be
,indled. These precautions, however,
allied in many instances, and the
hurches shared the fate of the less
anctified property. On the 9th Of No
ember, the torch was first applied and
'harles and his army, then far away on
leir cruel mission, saw from their
amp the light from the burning city.
he fires thus kindled were allowed to
xhaust themselves. Each morning
'esh fire was started and thus, con-
for seven weeks, did men la .
or, unopposed, to burn what was CON-
ustible in the city and during these
ing weeks of days and nights, the fires
lus used to crafty the royal demand ,
II revenge, ragged through the once !
eautiful city. At last these fires went .
1T there was nothing more to burn. ,
he churches which had been exempted A.,
y the Dukes command, and spared by
le flames, stood surrounded on all sides
r desolation. 1t is unnecessary to so
to details. The havoc which had been
lacted at Dinant was repeated, hut on a :
ore extensive field The walls and .
inns were leveled the ashes and Gin J
rs carefully sifted. Everything of !
Ilue was carried off and sold ; and all :
at was left Of Liege, that had been :
ected by man, were the churches with :
It congregations, and priests without !.
'ople.
While Charles the Bold lived, Liege ),
manned unpeopled. Some stragglers =
sole survivors of her people-found \
elter in the rocky heights behind the :,
y. After long and fervid appeals, the
,rgy were allowed to hire few
schanics but no step toward the re- b
Hiding or re-inhabiting the city was e
owed. No vessels were permitted to d
I'D and in commanding part Of the a.
y fort was erected, commanding Ii
tn sides OF the river, and which sup d,
essed any attempt To renew the in. n,