The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-03
The HORRORS OF WAR.
Chapter of Almost Incredible Crueltes in Civilized
Warfare.

other woman was surrounded by SOL
diers, who amused themselves by set
ting her clothes on fire.
10. Madame Ducheny, 80 years old,
died of fright and brutal treatment.
10. Jean-NicolaS Lssoille. 81. was
killed without pretext.
IL CuS.I-lsr. 70. kiHed because too deaf
10 answer questions.
Is Jean Lacroix. Sc years of age, was
bound and laid on q heap of straw. Both
hand were then cut off and the straw set
on iire- He died in frighttui agony.
49, Madeline Legacy, SICK, was burnt to
death in her house.
-. Four persons were bound together
ana shot: Ludeyic Gros-Jean, brewer. 30;
Jea. Pierre Lamotte a. brewer; Angus
Ia Desand, travelling salesman, &C. and a
servant, Jean Brinot- They We're shot
by the spring in the Held outside the VII
lage- There was no charge against them.
ms A. not a nundreotn part OF the his
tory of BazeiileS on Sept. l and 2 1870. A
ia, ar-an olhcer. after the massacre,
went crazy in consequence OF the horrors
ne had seen committed by his troops. he
1'as SEM 10 the ingolstadt hospital The
London Times printed letter calling at
lennon 10 the massacre The Belgian
and Er-lish papers confirmed the details
Dy eye-wIinesses. Won der Tam. the Ba-
Yarian general at last was obliged TO de-
fend himself in the journals, which he did
- JUH= ~. 4ol al the Ai.egemsiHe Zei-
tung. 20 any intelligent person his de-
Tense is his convection.
As my object in this letter was to de-
feAu IN. seal against me charge OF wltiIni
exag-eration. l think that enough has
been SAID to confirm my denial
II would not be difficult to write q vol
une OF Iacts, such as those already given,
10 support my position. However, it is
not necessary at this time
one woto more in regard to the primal
cause OF the savage reprisals on both
sides during the H'ranco-Prussian war
Trouble began when the French army in
Africa was ordered to France The Ger
mans denounced the French government
Tor employing IurcoS. The French re-
Piled that Germany disgraced herself by
using Uhlans. ROW, ignorance on both
sides was at the root of the matter The
French mad every reason 70 employ Tur-
Cos. Chasseurs d'Afrique Zouaves and
Spahis, because these troops formed part
OF the imperial forces The Zouaves were
Eul opeanS. so were the Chasseurs d At
iique. Spahis and Turcos were Algerians
1t IS true, but surely France had as much
night to use them as England has to en-
ploy any OF her colonial forces.
OF course, the French were wrong in
objecting 70 Uhians. Uhans are merely
German iancerS- But the French people,
VINO are, perhaps, the most ignorant and
ins2lar of any people as far as knowledge
OF foreign countries is concerned, imag-
med Uhlans TO be a species of savage Cos
sacks.
This international distrust and ignor-
ance was the spark that set the fires of
hatred blazing in 1870. And the result was
warfare that was horrible beyond words
almost beyond BELIEF. Let the curious
historian investigate the real facts of the
annihilation of General Abel Douay's
corps. Let the amateur of facts rake out
the incidents of the subsection of France
in 1870. Then let the critics decide whesh-
er or not any living writer has exagger-
ated. or could axaggerate, any details of
the F'ranco-Prussian war
ROBERT W. CHAMBERS.