Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-09-30
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[Es VILLAGES DESTROYED
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sry yshsre se Fere ehaAeaeea by Car
ntan seurrissn aud nlrf Streams az r,f-
assss cnuins .nto -as eity carrying al.
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40 vas touEGu 1g rns me famea
10 faci all ROUND ~ -As-rs could Dc
sssn flames
Ne 1drusd % char nlghf .owarsa
Hs4iHea our .dea saiug 10 get aortn
1arDsgh me l.ermau lnes Ae sr1ged
me niaiit A. saF~nnlem. aud ou our
arrival raere we're 40 Germans ~ De
sesu bgt an sours rma ss we're
ssaxeusd BY me r1mbie ~ wagons ~
ras German enmmiasarias ana rhe
landlord came sns searched "a Sor
arms % finding Ne had noue be
allowed ss " rsmain Ia the msrn.
ing ss found rhs place had been Dsafs.
saiiy ccsDDasd Dg German troops We
Is.ft ths1 place sad struck no-rh 70
stesnocssn oa tas road 70 Aalnes
See cortenoers c>stesyes
Here 90 me cross roads We me-, a
party 81 German officers eho refused
70 allow as 70 &C. further north We
then turned back on the road towards
I>opgaaa As We approached Cortsn-
berg ee heard nrng and a. the sra.
tion Ne were challenged b. Clermaa
ssnfriss sho searched ~ Luckily FOR
"a Ne had taken roe Drscaasion 10 as.
stroy our English DsssDorts. our chez 4
books and everything that mlz M de.
close The fart that Vs we're Enzl!sh.
bsen.
As We wsrr being searched some
German officers came over and TOOK
~ On vita them through tie village
IN the main street ar1ns wss g0ing On
and We heard rhaf four Or five uhlsns
had been shot a. they passed through
and this troop had been dispatched "
destroy the village a. q punishment
For their terrible purpose the Ger
mans had brought With them carloads
~ strss, and sith these thcy act Gre
% the houses We were made 10 walk
sD the main street holding our hands
while two German soldiers we're told
OF 20 cOver "a win with their reyoI
yers This sss IN the afternoon, and
from three 10 six oiock We had n
stand a. the end u the street willis
the hnng went o. IL eas terriBis
spectacle end our first yllmDse of ths
horrors ~ var far We saw I've civil
ians "a they lef' their burning houses
ruthl~ssly shNf dawn By the German
soldiers. soon the whole street wa
IN flames The German soldiers hos
ever. spared women and children and
marched them On one side before they
fired ths village
psriiovs Trip ~ ths Dsrs
We made the best ~ bad lob
ana produced flask ~ brandy shich
had pifh ne. while the Germans
looted cafe and brousht or cognac
Then thsy allowed "a ~ 80 On towards
Iogyain BY this time if was dark
and We we're in danger not only II
being sE0t bY sentres but also BY
inhsbitsnts sho might take as FOR
Germans We walked On through a
wood saa struek small village called
yetham Although We vent ~ sey
erai cafes W. could not ystaia any
tEing 10 est and 40 one would ziye ~
shelter. 80 W. vent 10 The yiilsya
ing fOr ~ biz Dlsce Vas already fuil
cf refugees. ana be- advised gs 10 20
into the woods However, W. oon,
tdyee IA gst li'ile chocolate and
Nth q losf ~ bread which We had
brought with ~. 49, managed 10 make
scratch meal after shieh ss lfg
sovn Ia q barn
Sleep was quite Ogt ~ the question
fos the place gss oysrnn with rats
Ia the morning ss continued our way
through the SHsgs aud tso little Bel
sIan girls came out ana gave us soms
bread and butter, for which ss we're
very grateful
lust outside ~ louysin we met
q troop ~ Germans and tbey allowed
us 10 20 on. although they told us
there vas considerable danger a. the
inhabitants we're "stiIl nriHs Net
tGsf Of W. will ever forget tNs spectacle