The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-14


Gus region where many bands Of guer-
rillas moved. He took two hussars with
him as escort as soon as he reached
Tara as he was told from there on his
ride would be n most perilous one IL
was moonlight when the three French
men reached the mountains. Suddenly
they heard the well-known whizzing or
bullets. but were unable 10 discover the
enemy AS they had not been hurt they
moved on and soon found scores OF dead
soldiers belonging to Ney's corps. They
had been plundered, robbed of their clotn
ing. and left naked by the roadside.
shortly after this they came 10 lonely
barn. where they met with a horrible
sight. A young officer belonging 10 the
chasseurs was nailed hands and feet 10
the barn door with his head downward.
and. TO increase the tortures Of the mis-
cradle man. the barbarians had kndled
a fire under his head. The poor fellow
was beyond suffering but It could not
have been long while. Tor the blood
was SIN trickling from his wounds.
The three riders were shocked and when
again bullets began 10 whistle from am
bush the hussars answered with their
rifles. They promptly killed two of THEN
aggressors and then rushed at the others
with sabres I'm hand. In an instant they
ierked two of the offenders from their
horses Of whom one proved 10 be Ca
puchin monk who had mounted the horse
Of the crucifed officer. while the other
was a peasant who carried two uniforms
OF murdered French musketeers. Tho
hussars. driven 10 madness by the horrl-
bic sight of their tortured comrades, gave
no quarter. but promptly despatched the
two brutes. Cant Marriott was. however,
forced to return later on 10 the head
quarters Of MAJ shall Lannes. as he had
been seriously wouned In similar en-
courier.
Still more heartrendlng are the recol-
lectOns OF g. Mcneil, German, VINO
served as a Lieutenant In the Twenty
third French Chasseurs during the span
ish campaign I'm 1910, and who until
few years ago lived as a pension .oirlcer
at Bonn He tells in his memoirs how
a company OF French prisoners was cap
tured bv a guerrilla band and sentenced
10 tho most cruel tortures. The span
iarde were at loggerheads whether the
prisoners should be baked In ovens or
be friend over open fires. but they finally
agreed that the common soldiers should
be roasted. that the non-commissoned
officers should be hanged and that the
officers should be crucihed The first two
parts OF the agreement were readliy
carried out. but when il came 10 the
commissioned officers the chief Of the
a trace of humanity had been left In ms
breast and the commissioned officers es-
caped with a partial crucihxlon. one or
these latter lived near Paris until about
twenty years ago, and even az his ad-
vanced age traces OF the wounds which
had been inflicted upon HIM could De
seen.
This same Menzel refers in his mem
oirs TO another incident which gives a
-, Of d. those
I'm the Spanish monosteries and what
Interpretation was given by the monks
to the term Christianity and now they
carried out their ideas of brotherly love.
"A French Captain one evening quar-
tered his men In small village. while
he and his servant went TO the clolster
near by He was received with great
courtesy and was treated TO everything
which the monks had at their disposal
I'm tho wav of eatables and rich wines.
The Captain who was a lover Of good
table fortified by a good drink, was mn
allv landed in a cell In a drunken stupoi.
Thus far everything was charming ana
the pious brethren reioiced as they
thought that they had entrapped the con-
hding Captain. But they had not rech-
oned with his faithful servant, VINO had
kept his eyes and ears open. rms lei
low Induced his master 20 remain awake
hardly had locked the door when some
thing began 20 move inside Of closet
stationed I'm the cell and as his suspicious
had been aroused by the servant ne took
his pistol and fired into the closet. me
shot was followed by cries and groans.
At the same time the servant gave two
alarm shots through the open window
and this brought the soldiers to their
assistance. They stormed the bullding'
went 10 the Captains cell and then OPEN
ed the door Of the closet. In this they
found dagger and bloody tracks when
showed the way which the wounded man
had taken. These led them TO a large
subterranean room, where number on
dnmfounded monks lamented over the
body Of n dead man. who was 10 nave
killed the Captain. One can easily I'M
agine. il goes without saying, that the
pious brethren did not enjoy life much
longer. one round OF well-aimed shots
sent them without further preparation
10 eternity.
"In this manner war was carried on
nv Spain az the beginning OF this CEN
tury. and the recent war Of the Carlists
but twenty-five years ago-has proven
how little this cruel nation has learned
of what humanity is In the memory NJ
all OF us still are the cruelties perpe-
trated II Cuenca. where molten lead was
poured down the throatS OF the prlroh-
crs. and the relatives were compelled
10 drive and slash their naked brothers
and husbands through the streets
These same Spaniards are said 10 do
these very things at the present day
with the prisoners taken on the Philip
nine Islands, where the captured are
nailed to the walls and then lashed until
they die from exhaustion. Their action
I'm cuba is known the whole world over
and II cries for vengeance. The manner
I'm which they killed Maceo shows the
character Of the Spanisrds of the pres
ent. who boast OF their chivairy. They
are Just the same now ~ they were AT
the time OF the ROYAL Philip.
TT l. hard 20 believe that these facts
are known TO the French officers, who
az our papers state. ask en- masse for
permission to enlist In the Spanish army
are unaware OF these data. for how
could men Of so great a nation az the
French fight In the ranks or people
that have punished their fathers and
their allies with such cruelty and In a
manner contrary 10 all laws OF war.
civilization and humanity?
The whole OF Europe looks with great
expectations upOn the war now waged
on the other side OF the Atlantic. With
our ewes firmly fixed uDon the Stars and
Stripes. we eagerly follow its steady adj
vance from harhOr 10 harbOr and from
bay 10 bay. VIII the flag OF the Great
Union soon wave from the towers OF
the old cathedral OF Havana? We hope
vest"