Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-12-10

S'6en7Op-Aoom, Holland, gives
ViVlo description of the entry of the
herman army into Antwerp.
Inc bulk of the kaisers force did
mol enter the city until Saturday after
hoon' when $4,000 men passed in re-
we" before General Won Schultz, mill
tary governor Of Antwerp, and Admi-
raj Won Schroeder, who, surrounded by
= gnttering STAFF, 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
10 the thunder of their tread" he
writes. Company after company, reg
lment after regiment, brigade after
brigade. swept past until the eye
grew weary of watching the ranks of
gray under slaIting lines of steel.
AS they marched they sang, the
canyon formed by the high buildings
along the Place de Meir echoing to
thelr voices roaring out Die Wacht
am Rhein' and A Mighty Fortress Is
Our God
Like an Election Parade.
Each regiment was headed by its
held music and colors, and when dark
ness fell and street lamps were light
ed the shrill music of flies, the rattle
or 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 rumbled
the quick firers-~the same pompoms
whose acquaintance l had made at
Weerde and elsewhere. And then,
heralded by blare of trumpets and
crash of kettledrums, came the cav
airy, cuirassiers In helmets and
breastplates of FURNISHED steel, hus-
sars in befrogged jackets and fur bus
amid forests OF lances under a cloud
of fiuttering pennons.
But this was not all, nor nearly all,
Tor after the uhlans came the blue
Jackets Of the naval division, broad
shouldered. bewhiskered fellows, with
caps worn rakishly and roll of the
sea in their gait.
Then the Bavarian infantry in dark
blue, the Saxon infantry In light blue,
and Austrians in uniforms of beautiful
silver gray. and last of all squadron
of gendarmes In silver and bottle
green.
"As that fighting machine swung
past | could not but marvel at how
the gallant, chivalrous and coura-
geous but ifl-prepared little army of
Belgium had held it back as long as
1t had
Few SEQ Entry.
THE most remarkable feature Of
this wonderful spectacle was that
there were comparatively few persons
to see 1t. So far as onlookers were
concerned the Germans might as we'll
have marched through the streets OF
Pompeii. Another American and l,
standing on the balcony of the Ameri-
can consulate, were the only specta-
tors. so far as l know, In the whole
length of the Place de Meir, which is
the State street Of Antwerp. 1t re-
minded me of a circus that had come
to town day before 1t was expected
A feature of the procession was O
victoria drawn by fat white horse
and with two soldiers on the box
which accompanied regiment of Ba-
yarfans. Both horse and carriage
were decorated with flowers. 1t was
evidently q species of triumphal char
lot. for 1t was filed with hampers OF
champagne.
Paw for What They Take.
The correspondent says the German
soldiers treat the townspeople with
consideration, paying in German sill
yer for what they take from the shops
Describing the fear of the Antwerp
citizens when the kaiser's soldiers en-
tered. the correspondent says:
when the main body of troops be
gan entering the city on Saturday
morning the ownspeople-thos who
had not escaped from the city--rushed
out with beer, cheese, bread and flow
ers. evidently with the idea of placat
ing them by means of their pitifuI
little offerings. 1t was not a pleas
ant sight, but these people have been
so terrified by tales of German bar
barities that one can hardly blame
them"
The correspondent estimates that
less than one hundred civilians were
killed during the bombardment.
Havoc Wrought by Shells.
Telling of the rain of shells which
swept the city, he says:
"A 42-centimeter shell tore com
pleteiy through q handsome stone
house next door to United States Con
sui General Diederich's residence
crossed the street and exploded in the
upper story of school. There is moi
a block In the Boulevard Leopold that
does not contain several shattered
houses. No buildings were damaged
In Place de Meir, though three shells
struck the pavement, tearing holes
as large as grand piano.
"A shell entered the Roof of the Ho
tel st. Antoine, passed through two
bathrooms and exploded in the room