El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-29
.LIEGE AND NANUR
MASSES Of RUINS
German Paper Tells of De
struction of Belgian Cities
by Bombardment.

Re-lf, Germany. Sept. 29.-The fol-
loyvfDq- descriptions Of the devastation
at Ifege and Namur are translated
from accounts in the Tageblatt-
eve reached Ldege on the evening
Of a stormy day. We Travelled through
streers where the smoke Of burned
houses was still curling upward, streets
that showed no isgnS OF lie talrols
marched through the city. Inc neaull-
fuI sbons across from the university
y,-ere q fie1d OF ruins I was told that
two NIGHTS before, on August p, shots
came from these shops as II by pre-
Arrangement. The Inhabitants OF the
houses were dragged out, the women
were torn from the men ana whoever
had a weapon in his hands was shot
In a few minutes the streets was soWn
with corpses. The houses were set on
fire. a..
details of the conquest OF Lege- Lou
Gin the e+rongesr fort was bOmabrded
by the newest Krupp guns, which were
stationed in the market place. In the
middle Of the city Every WINDOW pane
in the vicinity was broken by the con-
cussion, and pieces OF root zen from
some OF the houses The fort soon sur
rendered. A division Of Jaeger were
the first men TO enter the fort The
destruction was terrible ABOUT SUI
Corpses lay piled inside the stone walls
The stencil was unbearable- About 200
injured man was the cOmmandant- a
wounded man. who evidently was about
to be operated on, lay In the lazarett-
He had been killed by a shell Liege
had altogether 10 forts Nine We're
taken by infantry storm, the others
were reduced by artillery. The forts
are being repaired for German use by
the inhabitants Of the city, who get SIX
francs a day for their work
German Prisoner Witnesses Battle.
had lain in = Rel
e-fan fort as prisoner and witnessed the
whole bombardmenL described the
course Of the battle The bombardment,
he said. began at midnight on August
6. One shell after another exploded
and Idege was soon afire In many
places From every roof and window
in the houses came a rain OF bullets
Under this fire the Germans stormec
through the village Of Roncourt and
denlOved in n wheat field Two hun
dred Germans opened a rapid fire on
1000 BeIgians. Of whom 500 fell nine
teen German prisoners were confined
in a cellar when the Germans heavy ar
tiIlery began firing They could hear
the shells coming through the air, ana
every time they exploded gas, powder.
earth and cement dust flew into the
cellar until the men were nearly suffo-
Gated Finally an explosion blew In
the iron door OF the cellar, and shortly
thereafter the BelEians surrendered,
freeing the prisoners
Namur Completely wrecked.
"On the following morning I went 70
Namur- In Liege certain streets had
been burned out. but in Namur whole
blocks We're DESTROYED. The grand
palace. with its beautiful Rathaus had
been blotted out OF existence In its
place were heaps OF ruins. from which
smoke was still coming The city was
without bread German patrols were
guarding the bakeries. which were be-
Ia eEauH1~nH Hha manwNn
o'clock in the afternoon even the larE-
est notels had no provisions OF any
kind left. Our troops were fed from
the vast quantities OF food in the forts