The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-19
RESIDENTS OF YPREs
ARE REMOVED BY R
FROM RUINED HOUSES

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
Ypres, Belgium, June 2i.-The last
tenacious Inhabitants OF Ypres were
dregged from their UNDERGROUND ref
uges and taken by force to places Of
safety "A fortnight ago: the cellars
themselves had ceased 70 AFFORD pro-
lection from the continual pounding
81 The German shells. The town to-
day looks like an unearthed Imitation
~ pOmpcii. not one OF its l2,OO0
houses Is intact aud not o dozen OF
those that remain partly erect aye re-
parable. The ancient pride OF Flan-
dors, ~ II ever rises from It's ruins.
must be entirely rebuilt from the
I foundations. OF tie famous hail,
which three weeks ago still showed a
semblauce Of resistance. there re-
mains nothing out a single little tow
or standing out against the sky like
n gigantic finger raised In protest,
The only part OF the walls remaining
g. q battered and preached remnant
Of the side Of the Grand Place
only here and there is IL possible by
close inspection TO discover any
traces 81 the details of It's former ar
chitectural beauty.
There were 10000 people here three
weeks ago and IL was stin possible
10 enjoy a cup Of tea nt the cafe on
the Grand Place while Contomplat.
ing the agonlzine Halles.' today the
only living creatures that remain ar,
two cats sticking TO the debris Of
their homes IN the hue de Thourot
No one knows what they live on and
the British soldiers ave been uHabls
10 capture them.
The dead silence that han fallen
mere is broken only by the occosiona.
shell that stirs up the ruins. by ths
German guns firing over the town al
Popcringhc. and oy the musketry ant
machine gun IRE from the trenches
close by TO the south. The silence b
oppressive toward dusk when the ar
tllery IRE becomes d%esultory.
Protected by the ruins. one may ap.
proach 20 close to the first line as 1,
get a vivid auriculnr impression o
what Is going on In the trenches. Th'
"pang, pung' pangi" Of the rifles with
intervals of the 'pang-a-pang-a-pang
u-pung'' of the machine guns becom'
more Intermittent as night falls, an,
then comes from the trenches TN
surprising contrast Of the refrain
B ITS "a long way TO Tipperary.' viii
the accompaniment; Of a piano tina
the Tommics aus out of the ruins an,
e requisitioned for evening diversion.
The nual destruction of Ypres fol
lowed the attack with asphyxiatinl
gas. n Is the common belief in Bel
GUM that the wipi1g of the tow
was a p~remedltated revenge FOR tn
failure of the effort to occupy II
Shells intended for the British line
OF for the batteries In the rear nigh
easily stray into the town, but. the.
say. the ain of the Germans Is gool
enough not 10 waste in that way tn.
thousands OF cot OF ammunition re-
quired TO reduce the place 10 a ston
o. heap, and the only military import
. anoc of the town Is lbs proximity q
/, the battle front. Counting the shot
& that went wide OF any Structure. II
& estimated that more han a hundre.
y thousand of different Calibres wcr
@ spent on Npros. Thousands NOR
IS We're used during the gas attack alon
- the route from Yprcs TO Furnes b
which the allies we're expected 90 sen
q reinfoTccments. An along the roa
for "a few miles. deep funnel shape
e. holes, sometimes ON one side. SOME
p times on the other ana often fuli
j. the center. still show how soriousl
" the operation was organized. one
IF them lies directly IN front OF an a.
u closed plot of rround covered wit
v field flowers above which rise fou
T. teen crosses. Here were buried n
remains of n little detachment
ir British troops that were sought %
RI by one of tho l6-inch German shel
~ while resting in an abandoned ca
ld tagc on tho edge Of Ypres.
m The eventual restoration Of Ypr
raises conflicting views. all Of while
70 originate from sentiment, for the TOW
is had long aga lost all commercial BE-
'N p~ortaHce. The attachment Of the
'o hnbitants To the soil calls for resto
p" alton and To this &" opposed the Zee
Dr. inr that Nprcs must remain as it h.
ne % monument 20 the suffering OF Fla
'N dcrs. n the town is rebuilt. say ma.
lN of those who loved 60 for its trat
wv tiuns. let 1t he farther on along Z
banks of the User. while the ruins
the ancient town remain enclos
within monumental walls for Z
world 90 see in ages to come.