Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-08-28

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via London; 1880. - ra.son
Snranitv. the civil government at
AZ ns Loaf moment disbanded the civil
'lo ID which the Germans would not
su aaorize The soldiers and ordinary
lS aTco we're then intrusted with the
r,ointenance of order.
After 8 day Of wild panic and SUM
,orloes nights the citizens remained
J. their windows. Few sought their
couches.
CIV "Here They Come"
Tho morning broke brilliantly. The
citv was astir early and on all lips
w. s.o tho words: They are here" or
~Tbev are coming.
The they" referred to were al
.oadr outside the boundaries OF the
aity in great force. The artillery was
T roctad off on the road to Waterloo.
ITorsa foot, and sapper were packed
soon On the Louvain and Tervervue-
rem roads.
An enterprising motorist came IN
NTH the information and the crowds
On the busy centers Immediately be-
came calm.
Buroomaster Gives Up.
Al eleven o'clock it was reported
that an officer with half a troop OF
bnssars bearing white flags had halt
cd outside the Louvain gate.
The burgomaster claimed for the
citizens their rights under thu laws
of war regulating an unfortified capt.
toI When roughly asked if he was
nrepared to surrender the city, with
tbe threat that otherwise it would be
hombarded, the burgomaster said he
would do so. He also decided to re-
move his scarf Of office.
The discussion was brief. When
the burgomaster handed over his SCARF
q was handed back to him and he
was thus entrusted for the time being
with the civil control of the citizens.
The Germans gave him plainly to I'M
derstand that he would be held re-
snonsibIe for any overt act on the
mart of the populace against the Ger
mans.
triumphant March Begins.
From noon until two O'Clock the
crowds waited expectantly. Shortly
after two o'clock the booming of cam
non and later the sound of military
music conveyed to the people of Brus-
sells the intimation that the triumph
ant march of the enemy on the an
Client city had begun.
On they came, preceded by scout
ing party of uhlans, horse, foot, and
artillery and sappers, with siege
train complete.
A special feature of the procession
was 100 motor cars on which quick
frers were mounted. Every regiment
and battery was headed by band,
horse or foot. Now came the drums
and flies: now the blare of brass and
soldiers singing die Yacht am Rhein"
and Deutschland uber Allies.
Death Head Hussars There.
Along Chausee de Louvain, past St.
jesse and the botanical gardens. to
the open space in front Of the Care du
Nord, the usual lounging place of the
tired twaddlers of the city, swept the
legions.
Among the cavalry we're the famous
Brunswick Deaths Head Hussars and
their companions on many bloody
fields the Zeiten hussars. But where
was the glorious garb of the German
troops, the cherry colored uniforms Of
the hOrsemen, and the blue of the IL
tantry? All is greenish, earth color
gray. All the helmets are covered with
gray. The guns are painted gray.
Even the pontoon bridges are gray
TO the quickstep beat of the drums
the kaiser's men march to the great
square, Charles Regier. Then at the
WhiStling sound of the word of com
mand-for the sonorous orders of the
German officers seemed to have gone
The way of the brilliant uniforms-the
sray-clad ranks broke into the famous
goose step, while the good people OF
-lege and Brussels gazed at tha pass
Ing wonder with mouths agape.
Crowds Want Revenge.
AT the railroad station the great
procession defled to the boulevards
ana thence marched to encamp on the
heights of the city called Kocheiberg.
was truly a sight to have gladdened
'ne eyes of the kaiser, but on the side
walks men were muttering beneath
their breath:
Iheyll not pass here on their way
Oaek. The allies will do for them"
Many of the younger men in the
efeat array seemed exhausted after
Tue long forced march, but as a man
staggered his comrades in the ranks
held him up.
1t was a great spectacle and an i'm
p'eSSlYe one, but there are minor Incl
uents that were Of a less pleasant char
acter
Officers in ShackIes.
Two Belgian officers. manacled and
listened to the leather stirrups of two
sr'dus' made a spectacle that caused
low murmur of resentment from the
N'I4ens. Instantly German horsemen