Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-10-23
InternatIonaI News servlee.

from Bergen-op-Zoom, Holland, gives
a vivid description of the entry of the
German army into Antwerp.
The bulk of the kaiser's force did
not enter the city until Saturday after
noon, when 10000 men passed in re-
view before General Won Schultz, mill
tary governor of Antwerp, and Admi-
raj Won Schroeder, who, surrounded by
a glittering stan, sat their horses in
front Of the royal palace in the Place
de Meir.
For five hours the mighty host
poured through the streets of the de-
serted city, while the houses shook
to the thunder of their tread" he
writes. Company after company, reg
iment after regiment. brigade after
brigade, swept past until the eye
grew weary OF watching the ranks OF
gray under slanting lines of steel.
"As they marched they sang, the
canyon formed by the high buildings
along the Place de Meir echoing to
their voices roaring out Die Wacht
am Rhein and "A Mighty Fortress Is
Our God
Like an Election Parade.
Each regiment was headed by its
field music and colors, and when dark
ness fell and street lamps were light
cd the shrill music of flies, the rattle
Of drums and the tramp Of marching
feet reminded me of torchlight cleo
ton parade.
Hard on the heels of the infantry
rumbled artillery battery after bat
terry.
Behind the field batteries rumblet
the quick firers-the same pompomE
whose acquaintance / had made al
Weerde and elsewhere. And then
heralded by a blare Of trumpets anC
a crash of kettledrums, came the cav
airy, cuirassiefs in helmets anC
breastplates Of FURNISHED steel, hus
Bars in befrogged jackets and fur bus
bies, and finally the uhlans, riding
amid forests Of lances under clou'
Of fiuttering pennons.
"But this was not all, nor nearly al
for after the uhlans came the blu
Jackets OF the naval division, broad
Ihouldered, bewhiskered fellows, wit
caps worn rakishly and a roll of tn
sea in their gait.
"Then the Bavarian infantry in dar
blue, the Saxon infantry in light blue
and Austrians in uniforms of beautifI
silver gray, and last of all squadro
IF gendarmes in silver and bottl
green.
"As that fighting machine swun
past l could not but marvel at no
The gallant, chivalrous and cour
Keous but ill-prepared little army I
Belgium had held it back as long &
L had.
Few See Entry.
"The most remarkable feature
his wonderful spectacle was thu
here were comparatively few person
to see 1t. SO far as onlookers we
concerned the Germans might as We
have marched through the streets
Pompeii Another American and
standing on the balcony of the Anne
,an consulate, were the only spect
tors. SO far as / know, in the who
.ength of the Place de Meir, which
the State street of Antwerp. 1t
minded me Of a circus that had COZ
to town day before 1t was expected
A feature of the procession was
Victoria drawn by a fat white hor
and with two soldiers on the b
which accompanied regiment of
Earians. Both horse and earria
we're decorated with flowers. 1t "
evidently a species of triumphal CHI
lot. for it was filled with hampers
champagne.
Pay for What They Take.
The correspondent says the Germ
soldiers treat the townspeople W
consideration, paying in German
yer for what they take from the sho
Describing the fear of the Antw'
citizens when the kaiser's soldiers
tered, the correspondent says:
when the main body of troops
gan entering the city on Stature
morning the townspeople-those v
had not escaped from the city-rusl
out with beer, cheese, bread and a
ers, evidently with the idea Of plat
ing them by means of their pit
little offerings. It was not a plC
ant sight, but these people have b
so terrified by tales of German
harities that one can hardly bls
them"
The correspondent estimates
less than one hundred civilians "
killed during the bombardment.
Havoc Wrought by Shells.
Telling of the rain of shells WI
swept the city. he says:
"A 42-centimeter shell tore c
pletely through a handsome st
house next door to United States
sui General Diederich's residel
crossed the street and exploded in
upper story of school. There is
a block in the Boulevard Leopold
does not contain several shattS
houses. No buildings we're DANA
In Place de Meir. though three sh
struck the pavement, tearing h
as large as q grand piano.
"A shell entered the roof Of the
tel st. Antoine, passed through
bathrooms and exploded in the r
occupied 4S hours before by the
sian minister, destroying eyerytl
In 1t.
Cathedral Struck.
The cathedral was struck onlI
one shell. which entered through
wall over the western entrance ant
oloded over the side chapel.