Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-22
international NNew. servIee.

international NNews Service.
London.-A correspondent writing
from Bergen-op-Zoomm, Holland, gives
vivid description oiof the entry Of the
German army into AAntwerp.
me bulk of the kaiser's force did
not enter the city untntil Saturda. after
noon. when 10000 mmen passed In re-
view before General Won Schultz, mill
tary governor of Antwerp, and Admi.
raj Won Schroeder, wlvho, surrounded by
glittering staff, satat their horses in
front of the royal pa,alace in the Place
de Meir.
For FIVE hours the mighty host
poured through the streets Of the de.
serted city, while 1.-THE houses shook
to the thunder of their tread" he
writes. Company aftfter company, reg
iment after regimenant, brigade after
brigade. swept pastst until the. eye
grew weary OF watch.hing the ranks Of
gray under slanting / lines Of steel
"As they marchedd they sang. the
canyon formed by ththe high buildings
along the Place de Meir echoing to
their voices roaring out Die Wacht
am Rhein' and "A Midighty Fortress Is
Our God
Like an iEIecticion Parade.
Each regiment w@as headed by its
field music and colorsrs. and when dark.
ness fell and street lamps were light
ed the shrill music oiof flies, the rattle
OF drums and the traramp of marching
feet reminded me OF a torchlight cleo
ton parade.
Hard on the heelsls Of the infantry
rumbled artillery, ba,attery after bat
terry.
Behind the field b,batteries rumbled
the quick firers-the Q same pompoms
whose acquaintance had made at
Weerde and elsewhere. And then.
heralded by blare Of trumpets and
a crash Of kettledrumms, came the cav
airy. cuirassiers inln helmets and
breastplates of burniaished steel, hus-
sars in befrogged jacl,kets and fur bus
bies, and finally theie uhlans, riding
amid forests OF lancetes under q cloud
OF fiuttering pennonss.
"But this was not alall, nor nearly all.
for after the uhlans came the blue
jackets OF the naval division, broad
shouldered. bewhiskerered fellows. with
caps worn raklshly arand roll of the
sea in their gait.
Then. the Bavarian infantry In dark
blue. the Saxon infantitry in light blue.
and Austrians In uniforms of beautiful
silver gray, and last oiof all squadron
of gendarmes in siltlver and bottle
green.
AS that fighting machine swung
past I could not but marvel at how
the gallant. chivalro,ous and coura.
geous but ili-prepared d little army Of
Belgium had held 1t back as long as
1t had.
Few See ENTRY.
THE most remarkable feature of
this wonderful spectstacle was that
there were comparatively few persons
to zee II. So far rs , onlookers were
concerned the Germansns might as well
have marched throughh the streets Of
Pompeii. Another ARmerican and ],
standing on the balconny OF the Ameri-
can consulate. we're ththe only specta-
tors. SO far as I known, in the whole
length OF the Place de Meir, which Is
the State street OF AIAntwerp. 1t re-
minded me OF circus that had come
to town day before It { was expected"
A feature OF the progression was a
victoria drawn by fiat white horse
and with two soldiersrs on the box.
which accompanied regiment Of Ba-
varians. Both horse Q and carriage
were decorated with fhowers. 1t was
evidently a species Of triumphal char
lot, for It was filed with hampers of
champagne.
Pay for What THhey Take.
The correspondent sasays the German
soldiers treat the towwnspeople with
consideration. paying 1 in German sill
yer for what they take from the shops.
Describing the fear oiof the Antwerp
citizens when the kaiseser's soldiers en-
tered. the correspondence says:
When the main boldly Of troops be-
gan entering the cityty on Saturday
morning the townspeoIople-those who
had not escaped from 1.-THE city-rushed
out with beer, cheese, bread and flow.
ers. evidently with the idea OF placat-
ing them by means Of their pitiful
htttC ohciihbb. ~ Whoo NV - PsSoor
ant sight, but these peceople have been
80 terrified by tales oof German bar
barities that one can b hardly blame
them" s
The correspondent estimates that
less than one hundred d civilians were
killed during the commandment.
Havoc Wrought b,by shelIs.
Telling Of the rain OF shells which
swept the city, he saysrs:
"A 42centimeter shshell tore COM
pletely through haiandsome stone
house next door to Untitled States Con-
sui General Diedericlch's residence.
crossed the street and exploded in the
upper story OF a schoolA. There Is not
a block In the Boulevarard Leopold that
does not contain several shattered
houses. No buildings were damaged
in Place de Meir. thoupgh three shells
struck the pavement, tearing holes
rs large as a grand piarano.
"A shell entered the roof Of the Ho-
tel st. Antoine. passedsd through two
bathrooms and explodeted In the room
occupied IS hours beforore by the Rus
sian minister. Destroying everything
IN IT,
Cathedral Strtruck.
The cathedral was $ struck only by
one shell. which entere'ed through the
wall over the western ensntrance and ex-