The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-13

Harold Cox.
that several thousand Germans en-
tered the town and made arrangements
to spend the night there. Thus. on
the evening on the 10Th August O large
body Of German troops were In posses
sion Of the town. which they had en-
tered without any resistance on the
part Of the allied armies or Of the CT
william population.
Slaughter Continued Two Hours.
About 4: so o'clock on the next after
noon shots were fred from the left bank
OF the Mouse and replied to by the Ger
mans In Andenne Tho village Of
Andenne had been isolated from the
district on the left bank OF the Mouse
by the destruction of the bridge. and
there Ia nothing to suggest that the
firing on the left came from the In
: habitants of Andenne Almost imme-
diatcly. however. the slaughter OF these
| inhabitants began and continued for
over two hours and internationally during
the night. Machine guns were brought
into play The German troops were
said to be for the most par, drunk
and they certainly murdered and
rdvaged unchecked A reference to the
German diaries In the Appendix will give
some idea of the extent to which the
army gave user up 10 dtlnk through
the month of August.
When the FIRE slackened about :
| o'clock MANI OF the townsreople fed in
tire direction OF the auarries. others re-
malned in their houses. At this moment
! the whole OF the district round the sta
ton was on FIRE and houses were nam
ing over a distance OF two kilometers In
the direction OF the hamlet OF Tramaka.
| The little farms which rise one above
! LEI, 9TH ha hip-h ground n tho
right bank we're also burning.
At G o'clock on the following morning.
the 2lst. the Germans began 10 drag the
inhabitants from their houses Men.
women and children were driven into
the square where the sexes were sepa-
rated. Three men were then shot and
fourth was bayonetted. a German
Colonel was present whose intention in
the first place appeared tn he to shoot
all the men. young German girl who
had been staying In tie neichborhood
interceded with him. and after some
pa relying some OF the prisoners we're
picked out, taken To the banks 60 the
Meuse and there shot. The Colonel ac-
cused the population OF fr:ng an the
| soldiers, but there II no reason IL think
ttat any OF them had done - and no
inquiry appears to have been mace
| About 400 people lost their Ewes IN
this massacre. some on the banks Of the
Meuse. where they were shot according
to orders given. and some In the cellars
, of the houses where they lad taken
refuge Eight men belonging to one
family were murdered. Another man
! was placed close TO machine gun
which was fired through him. His wife
brought his body home on a wheel
barrow The Germans broke into her
house and ransacked 1t and piled m all
the eatables In heap on the noor ana
relieved themselves upon Il.
\ hairdresser was murdered In his
kitchen where he was sitting with a
child on each knee. a paralytic was
murdered In his garden. After TINS
came the general sack OF the town,
Many OF the inhabitants who escaped
the massacre were kept as prisoners and
compelled to clear the houses OF corpses
and bury them in trenches. These pris-
oners were subsequently used as a
shelter and protection for pontoon
bridge which the Germans had built
across the river and were 70 used 10
prevent the Belgian forts from firing
upon It.
Soldiers Hold Fete Nsctarne.
A few days later the Germans cele-
brsted q Fete Nocturne In the square
Hot wine. looted in the town. was drunk
and the women were compelled to give
three cheers for the Kaiser and to sing
Deutschland uoor Alles.
The nght around Namur was accom-
panied by sporadio outraSes. Near
Marchovelette wounded men were muir
dered In q farm by German soldiers.
The farm was set on fre. German
cavairyman rode away holding In front
of him one OF the farmers daughters
, crying and dishevelled.
Al Temploux on August 20 q pro-
! lessor OF modern languages at the Col
! 80 hi1 front
door by German officer. Before he
died he asked the officer tho reason for
this brutality, and the ofiicer replied
that he had lost his temper because
some civilians had fired upon the Ger
mans as they entered the village. This
allegation was not proved. the Bei-
gian army was still operating In the
di-trict, and II may well be that It
. was from them that the shots In ques-
ton proceeded. After tho murder the
house was burned.
On August "a and rs massaores were
carried out at Surice. In which many
persons belonging TO the professional
classes as we'll as others were killed.
Namur was entered on August "a.
The troops Sgnalied their entry by mr.
ing on a crowd OF $50 unarmed. unre-
sisting civilians, ten alone Of whom es-
capped.
> A witness Of good standing who was
in Namur describes now the town was
. set on fire systematically In six differ
, emit places. As tho inhabitants fed from
the burning houses they were shot by
the German troops. Not less than lao
? houses were burnt.
!, On tho 25th the hospital at Namur
was set on fire with infammable pas
, titles. the pretext being that soldiers In
y the hospital had fired upon the Ger
mans
, At Denee. on the 2sth Of August, a
e Belgian soldier who had been taker
prisoner saw three civilian fellow pris'
oners shot. One was a cripple and an
0 other an old man OF eighty who was
3 paraiyzed. II was alleged by two Ger.
b man soldiers that these men had sho,
r at them with rifles. Neither Of them
r had rifles, nor had they anything ir
e | their pockets. The witness actually saw
q the Germans search them and nothing
d was found.
a. ChsrlerOi District.
d In Tamines, a large village on the
Q Meuse between Namur and Charleroi
3 tho advanced guard OF the German arm,
b appeared in the FIRST fortnight In Aug
. ust. and In this as well as In othcl
: villages In the district II Is proved thai
. large number OF civilians. amonl
}. them aged people, women and chill
1 dren. were deliberately killed by tn
Q soldiers One witness describes how
( she saw q Belgian boy Of fifteen sho
]. on the village green at Tsminss. and
Il day or two later on the same green
y little girl and her two brothers (nsm