The Detroit times., 1916-09-09

| Copyright. 1915 ny herbert Corey
y tFuTe OF 1Fiaucourt. village held
eight days by the Germans ga 1915 "a
which eight persons we're murdered,
and in which several houses were
burned A personal narrative.
TUESDAY. Sept. S--The neigh
borhood OF the church Is Incredibly
filthy The AIleuAnd Is so dirty,
Everywhere Is the debris o! RABBIT.
OF fowls. OF vegetables, ~ soiled
linen. The Boches change their linen
ard stockings az the cost o. The pill
LACED inhabitant5. The smell vas
abominable. and toward the end o;
The week n became worse Fh-
place Is covered with The amhu-
lauccs. In the corners tbe cooking
is going on Al o'clock The or
GERS notified me- that they would put
their wounded h. our church They
thought A, first that the choir. rath-
er large and the three rayes wo-ld
-ut7cs put the wounded fow-i IL
In order 20 shelter them no; only
the whole church tIt rho Whole viii
iage was required. There were more
than 5000
] left them al the work Of tearing
out the benches OF he church % 50
20 spectacle even sadder The
bodies OF Jules Ga-d and The vouns
Lec0urtier killed yesterday an
burned In ths hre. are 20 Re buried
We placed them on little wagon
and hauled them BY bard 20 M
cemetery. The afrTighted Inhabitants
turned their heads from this sal
spectacle. Even the Boches seemed
struck by such i vision. They were
buried without even sheet
The wounded are everywhere. n
the girls school they lie side rs
side. covering The floors Of every
room. In the kitchen the Boches 81
the post have placed = photograph
which grinds on. while IN The next
chamber they play the piano. Be
tween times they eat aid drink Il
is heart shaking. such calious disre-
gard OF their own people. Straw -
spreSd on the ground floor OF the
presbytery, on which 40 wounded
Germans lie. They are covered 5y
sheets taken from aru.ories. and
which are never returned. These -
form a safeguard for the house. Mo-
Teuton mounts above the ground
hcor from now. II Il fair 70 say
that in the remainder Of the house
are many refugees. Dey and nigh,
three hospital orderlies remain n
the vestioule, cooking in my kitchen,
making free with all the utensils
They took nothing away when they
left, 10 do them justice In order
10 avoid troable the doors have
been taken Of the hinges. Ny court
yard is filled with cTipples who
smoke, read the history books
thrown out OF the wincCws CT the
boys school. and above all eat my
pears and grapes. of which the
greenness must tear iAsr thruats
These men have not all The ,o5ac.
CO they wish. one seems 10 have
trouble with his PIPE
Your pipe Is stopped up" ! ask
him in compassionate fashion
"Nein Kaf-ee." said he
The unfortunate failing tobacco,
was trying to srnke coffee grains,
which refused 20 burn
Wagons filed with straw anil
sheaves OF wheat and oats are drawn
alongside the church 4 thick bed
is made Of IL. and soon. IN six long
ranks. hundreds u wounded fliards
and enemies arr lying there There is
no room left under roof n which
TO shelter them. They burn in the
sun and are chilled az hight BY icy
rains All around the Place De Ia
Marie. around The well and ne Tree
OF Liberty, these unfoirunates lle
stretched day and night. VIVA,
agony, What misery II their
German az well as the French
mothers could see. II they knew,
The wounded come fron Pretz ana
vaubecourt. The Germans in the
automobiles. the French wounded
NJ which there are 900. iu the farm
wagons. the jolf'ng ~ which tears
groans from their poor bps Many
lie motionless. their bps barely puff
ing In and or a. they breathe ad.
minister the last sacrament 20 many
The thirst torments them We bring
them fresh water. and in their eve.
we read their thanks visited thu
wounded. I ask authorization from