The Detroit times., 1916-09-09

| cure OF Triaucourt. a Nillake h@l.
eight days BY the Germans I'm iTl' y
winch eight persons were murdered.
and In which several houses were
burned A personal narrative,
TUESDAY. Sept s.-Tbe neigh
borhood Of the church Is incredibly
nlhy. The Alleuand Is SO dirty
Everywhere is the debris 81 rabbits,
OF fowls. OF vegetables. Of soilcd
linen. The Boches change their linen
and stockings AZ the cost Of The phi
Jagged inhabitant5 The smell was
sbominable. and toward The end o.
The week Il became worse The
place Is covered with TIE ambg
lances In the corners the cooking
is going on AZ o'clock The Off
Gers notified me that they would put
their wounded IL cur church They
thought az first thai the choir. Path
or large. and tho three caves would
suffice Bur the wounded flowed IN
In order 10 shelter them NOT only
the whole church M th whole sd.
lage vas required. Their we're more
than 1000
left them az Tho work Cf tearir-
out the benches OF The church to 60
10 a spectacle even Sa1der The
bodies OK Jules Gand and be ycuuS
Lecouriier. killed YESTERDAY and
burned ia the are, are 20 se buried.
We placed then on l-tie wagon
and hauled them ~ hand 20 the
cemetery The aTrieht@d inhabitants
turned their heads from this sal
spectacle. Even the Boches seemed
struck by such 4 vision They were
buried without even a sheet
The wounded are every'W here. IN
the girls school they lie side by
side. covering he Hoors OF every
room. In the kitchen the BOches u
the post have placed a photograph
which grads on. while IN the next
chamber they PLAY the Fiano. Be
tween times they eat ard drink. II
is heart shaking. such calloUs disre-
gard OF their own people. Straw is
spread on the ground floor OF The
pres hytery, or which 80 WOUNDED
Germans lie. They are covered hy
sheets taken from arn.0ries, and
which are never returned. These 40
form a safeguard for the house No,
Teuton mounts above the ground
floor from now. IL Is fair 20 say
that in the remainder Of the house
are many refugees. Day and night
three hospital orderlieS remain n
the Yestfoule, cooking in my kitchen.
making free with all the utensils.
They took nothing away when they
left, TO do them justice. In order
TO avoid trouble the doors have
been taken OF the hinges. My court
yard is filed with cripples who
smoke, read the history books
thrown out OF the windows CT ths
boys school. aud above all eat my
pears and grapes. OF which the
greenness must tear their throats
These men have not all the tooac
CO they wish. One seems 20 have
trouble with his pipe.
"Your pipe is stopped up" I ask
him in a compassionate fashion
"Nein. Kaffee," said he.
The unfortunate. failing tobacco,
was trying TO smoke coffee grains.
which refused 10 burn.
Wagons filed with straw and
sheaves OF wheat and oats are drawn
alongside the church A thick Rcd
Is made Of II. and soon. in six long
ranks. hundreds OF wounded friends
and enemies are lying there There is
no room left under roof in which
to shelter them. They burn in the
sun and are chilled az night by icy
rains. All aro1nd the Place de Ia
Marie. around the well and the Tree
Of Liberty, these unfortunate lie
stretched day and night What
agony. What misery II their
German as well as the French
mothers could see. II they knew,
The wounded come from Pretz and
vaubecourt. The Germans in the
automobiles. the French wounded.
OF which there are 800. in The farm
wagons. the jolting 81 which tears
groans from their poor lips Many
lie niotionless. their bps barely puff
Ing in and out as they breathe ! a
minister the last sacrament 20 many
The thirst torm-nts them We bring
them fresh water. and in their eye.
we read their thanks I visited the
wounded. 7 ask authorization from