El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-18

houses facing it had not been fired
but ascertained it from several German
officers that il was their intention lc
save this grand old pile.
The cathedral however, had HoL
been allowed to 20 scot free All Lne
windows had been knocked IN e
were told that people had taken refuge
in the cathedral and fired on the ser
mans from the windows The 1aoIlC
was still standing when we were lheL 2
and on going inside we found many
German Officers Mt East.
an the burning streets German OF
ficers looking well groomeu -
eIated were going about in motor cars cars
At last we were taken 10 the So - ~, [-,
and told to wait for the tram mere y e
sat for three hours talking TO the O ,l =.
man soldiers. They told US ~ ~, ~
English prisoners were there. anu ll1s
described some ScOtchmen TO US 80,
They told US they had taken 4UO
English prisoners from among tuo9S
who had attacked their troop trans,
and $50 of them had been snoL sLl. .. !
morning because they were louA1 i--
possession of dum-dum bullets
What truth there is in such a sla-S
ment / do not know, but We cg- 49, .-,-a
saw the remaining 20, for lney ~, ~
marched on board the same tram 1 ny ~
were wearing khaki trousers DuS' ~
course, their accOutremenls mai 49,
taken from them Among mem 49, ~
They shook hands with their cap1oIs d
they went into the train.
BUtchery Of Inhabitants.
in the town Of Louvain we were JoId
I that all belligerenu civilians VINO were
captured were lined up and bhndIoldea-
German soldiers then walked down the
line and shot every third one me ll-e,s "
Of LOuvain, we were told, was also sLo T.
we took the train from LouNs1lA 10
Aachen tAiN-la-ChappelleJ ~ "a
al 9 b.
bringing the I.andstruu, the last ms d
German reserves. men over ~ A-eS
were dancing and singing IKE ooys,
presumably at the prospect on ls1 ming
for the fatherland, and lheF TRAINS
were covered with evergreeus-
Ruin Everywhere
The train crawled at snalIs pace
from LOuvain to Aachen. taxing ~
hours to cover distance MHlCu W
dinarilv is accomplished by an express
in one hour. Along the line on IoIn
sides we saw ruined buildings, ana
every house that was not razed TO the
ground had the white rag Ilylng-
"All along the line we saw trenches
and ruined railway stock, but I1rle-
mont did not appear TO be badly dam
aged. We only saw two or three
houses destroyed We got INTO Liegc
about midnight We got out and want
ed TO leave the station TO walk TO
Naastricht on the Dutch frontier. but
they would not allow US TO leave the
station, which had been turned into a
barracks. and was filled with German
officers and soldiers.
Smell OF Dead Horrible.
After considerable parley, a German
officer took US into a canteen and gave
us some hot coffee for which We We're
devoutly thankful They told Us all the
forts had fallen We went slowly OTL
Of Liege and by this time il was quite
dark The smell Of powder and decay
ing bodies was truly awful: the spirit
Of death seemed to be everywhere
Horror stricken at the sights which
met our gaze, we took our way silently
over the Meuse IN the gathering
gloom, the bay6uets Of the German SEN
tries Elinted here and there, and the
German soldiers on our train called oUt
friendly greetings to their comrades
About S o'clock next morning we got
TO Aachen. From Aacheu we took
train to Hans Linde. and thence walked
over the German-Dutch frontier 10
place called Simpelveld then TO Flush
ing through Maasrricht-"