The sun., 1893-10-23
THE BELLS or LoIayY.
A wnr-swept Village Rcstored ny n de-
voted and E.creet c Priest.

| ffDm me ftVIFn
| few weeks ago at Bntlly, at MARSHA Tour
| and at Sougy. monuments were erected TO the
| memory Of our soldiers who fell for inIcren-
turn awakes the sad echoes OF the past 10y call
ing all faithful hearts to truly national sol.
emnty the c9nsefEfon lt M Ti is cnnr%n r 2 ast
| up into the air. and those bells which. after .
silence OF twentyIthree years recoverlns the
| now senl forth through the Immense ilain OF
In Beance their appeals to memory, To prayer.
our rendcrs know Of tho church OF Ioigny.
| They have heard of the prodigious efforts of
% Which were re- made Sy the , worthy n Rbb" fHeTr6.
the cure Of the parish to itt it from it's 81 ruins h
destroyed 10y shells. The ancient church per.
iSrated hy ptrolectiles erumnlcl down amid
IN. flames No. gre,e'nary remained stand; I'd
| intact, The cemetery itself. the bloody theatre
OF desperate combat that listed until night,
tossed in confusion. All was to be reconstruct.
ed Eyerywhere life was to be brought out OF
the humble priest. who, during the war had
proved himself hero, admired and respected
self with Incompatible zeal Ho conceived the
| idea or exhuming the bones that lay buried on
.ne battle ed and Of fa,heringhsm under
ton, and M Is IS soon & a. he hid c3lestcd 10000
mans: I lsy dead ugon ,he nsla on that cold Az
night tho boiies Of his dead. II saw" writes
iIe Nbbd Theurt.. Tic bodies OF the Russians
In order to, make room for the passage
Of Il their eSHvHlry he snemy were obliged
and along the fences. belleve that do not
exaggerate when | say that the number Of
tseen one and WE'VE HHa s
r ures which prove sufficiently that the ehasss-
m a' the thes
formed its part for In the m morninE all that re.
mained was about twenty dead Prussians, left
belief that that was the extent Of their loss.
They we're buried with our soldiers. and their
arenfhmen, e , al mingled in the Christian
village and the new church were restored COM M
Ihme rhleteig Indeed. It may 6e said that this
beautiful OF all Europe even in the Judgment
Of on the snterns ths ysEs read
upon house OF the main street the following
'A FRENcnMEN. STOP
oi % s "a % nss ss the
And in front stands the old inn OF st. jacques.
stubbornly until the night It.was here aud
rased in ns Sd e shH o1sfS Whs
commanded that regiment. has at last, after
funded and Fifty Days With the 9H Army Of the the
Of wssar
modestly holds himself in the shade, but it
was impossible for him to omit his famous
moved by admiration and pity at the sight Of our
last remaining soldiers struggling like lions
aRains terrific odds. and constantly diminish
ing in number under the hail Of bullets could
not help crying out Resistance is uselessl
Sir" replied the commander with calm
pride. It is not my business to stop the Are Of
my soldiers: It is yours"
And the struggle continual furiousIv and
without mercy until the greater number Of
the French officers were killed and wounded,
and the commander himself. struck by d ball
fell amid the debris OF his command.
The ceremonies were splendid. The old
bells rang out in triumph and tho Pore sent
his benedictton to Loigny, to tho ossuary. aud
to all present at the conservation.