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given) who were looking AZ the Ger
man sold,ers were killed before her
ewes for no apparent reason. The prin-
cipal massacre at Tamines took place
about August the 23rd. witness de-
scrIbes how he saw the public square
Uttered with corpses. and after search
found those of his wife and child. little
girl OF seven.
Another witness who lived near
Tamines. went there on August 81, and
saws: 1T Is absolutely destroyed and
a mass Of ruins"
At Morlanwelz. about this time. the
British army, together with some French
cavalry, were compelled to retire before
the German troops. The latter took
the burgomaster and his man servant
prisoner and shot them both in front OF
the Hotel de Vile at Peronne (Belgium).
where the bodies were left In the street
for forty-eght hours. The usual ac-
cusation OF firing by civilians was made.
II Is strenuously denied by the witness.
who declares that three or four days
before the arrival OF the Germans cir
cuars had been distributed TO every
house and placards had been posted In
the town ordering the deposit OF all hre-
arms at the Hotel de Vile and that this
I order had been compiled with.
At Mouceau- Sambre on tho 2lst
Of Angus q young man OF Is was shot
in his garden Hi. father and brother
were seized In their house and shot in
the courtyard OF neighborng country
| house. The son was shot frst The
/ father vas compelled TO stand close to
1 the feet OF his sons corpse and TO hN
his eyes upon him while he himself was
! sho'. The corpse OF the young man shot
| Ia the garden was carried into the house
| and put on bed The next morning
| the Germans asked where the corpse
was when they found II was In the
house they fetched straw. packed II
round the bed on which tho corpse was
| lying and ss, fre to II and burnt the
house down. A great many houses were
burnt In Monceau.
Hostages Used ~ Shield.
A vivid picture Of the events at Mon
tigny -sur -Sambrs has been given by a
witness Of high standing who had ex-
ceptional opportunities Of observation.
In tho early morning OF Saturday.
August %. Uhlans reached Montigny.
The French army was about kilo-
meters away, but on a hill near the VII
lage were a detachment OF French
about $50 to zoo strong lying in am
bush. At about 1880 the main body OF
the German army began to arrive.
| Marching with them were two groups
OF so-called hostages about 400 in all.
| or these 900 were surrounded with a
rope held by the front, rear and outside
men The French troops in ambush
opened fire and Immediately the Ger
mans commenced to destroy the town.
Incendarles with distinctive badge on
their arm went down the main street
throwing handouts OF infiammatory and
explosive pastilles into the houses. These
pastilles were carried by them in bags.
and In this way about 1870 houses were
| destroyed In me main street. BY
1890 T.. NJ some 200 more hostages had
been collected. These were drawn from
Montigny itself. and on that night
about ffty men. women and children
were placed on the bridge over the
Sambre and kept there all night. The
bridge was similarly guarded for day
or two. apparently either from fear
that Il was mined or in the belief that
these men, women and children would
AFFORD some protection to the Germa ms
In the event Of the French attemptinG
to storm the bridge. At one period OF
tho German occupation OF Montigny
eight nuns OF the Order OF Ste. Marie
were captives on the bridge. House
burning was accompanied by murder
and on the Monday morning twenty
seven civilians from one parish alone
were seen lying dead in the hospital.
Other outrages committed at Jumet
BoufIioulx. Charleroi. Marchiennes-au'
Pont, Couillet and Maubeuge are de-
scribed In the dispositions given In the
Appendix,
| Dinant.
A clear statement OF the outrages a,
Dinant. which many travellers will re-
call as a singv'arly picturesque town OF
the Meuse. is given by one witness, who
says that the Germans began burning
houses in the Rue st. Jacques on the
2lst OF August and that every house II
the street was burned. On tho following
day an engagement took place between
the French and the Germans, and tn,
witness spent the whole day In the cellar
Of q bank with his wife and children
on the morning Of the ESD, about
o'clock, fring ceased, and almost imme
diately afterward party OF German
, came to the house, They rang the bel
and began TO batter at the door ant
windows. The witnesses wife went t,
, the door and two or three Germans cam,
, In The family were ordered out Int,