The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-30
MISS BURLE|GH
THRILLS HEARERS
English Newspaper Writer
Went Twice Through
German Lines
SPEAKS HERE OF
HER EXPERIENCES
Large Audience Manifests It's Apprecia-
tion by Applause at Lecture in Au-
ditorium Under Auspices of Brattle-
boro Woman's Club.

boro Woman S Club.
Enthusiasm ran nigh and the frequent
applause showed the appreciation of
the audience which filed the Auditori-
um last evening to listen TO a talk by
Miss B. Bennett Burleigh, formerly a
| reporter On a British newspaper,
| young woman who went alone twice
! through the German lines A section of
the first floor Of the Auditorium was re-
served until 7.45 for members Of the
! Woman 5 club, under whose auspices
| Miss Burleigh came to Brattleboro, and
although the doors Were not open until
7.3o those who arrived 10 minutes later
had difficulty in finding seats on either
the first or second floors and before the
/ time arrived for the lecture TO start
practically every seat in the building
was occupied and many were standing
The speaker was introduced bv Mrs.
H. R. Brown, president of the club, who
spoke of Miss Burleigh as the first wom
an speaker on the war who had been
in Brattleboro; the daughter of a ia
nous English war correspondent; her
self engaged in newspaper work in Lon
don, and, having four brothers who had
| joined the colors, determined to see
/ something of the fighting. Not only
! had she seen the war. but it has come
home to her as it has to so many of
the women Of the countries overseas
and as it will be brought home to
many of the American women Three
of Miss Burleigh i brothers gave their
lives for their country and the fourth,
4 boy of -, has been manned for life
Miss Burleigh went to Brussels three
days after war was declared, walking a
long distance at the end Of her trip.
and passing alone through the German
lines She went from Brussels to Ant
werp on the last troop train, passed
through the German line of $4,000 men
on her first trip from Brussels, and
never was even shot at but while in
Virginia recently one of the American
sentrics shot al the car in which She
was riding, the bullet striking the rear
end OF. the car where She sat
\ large number of pictures were
thrown on the screen, photographs for
which were taken by the speaker. These
showed long lines of refugees leaving
their homes which would soon be en-
tered by the Germans and everything
; valuable stolen and then the property
DESTROYED One showed the ruins of
house where a father, mother and 10
children had been burned to death by
the enemies of everything that is hui
man. Miss Burleigh spoke of the way
in which the Germans are trying to
break down the morale of the other ma
tions, trying TO trample them under
foot as they would trample squealing
mouse, but before the thing is over,
she declared, :" he will find he is deal
ing with bulldOg-not a rat.
All the talk of the Germans and
Austrians not getting on well together
is camoufage, said Miss Burleigh One
picture was a section of the boundary
between Belgium and Germany where
the wire entanglements are charged
and where 90 per cent of those who
try to get through the entanglements
are killed, wounded or taken prisoner.
Other photographs which Miss Burleigh
took showed the first air raid at Os-
: tend. ruins of cathedrals, homes and
!. public buildings.
The Germans are fighting the same
! fight in 1918 which they fought in
1914, 1917, and back to the time Of
Julius Caesar. Caesar said their word
could not be trusted then. Neither
can it now. Several pictures were
shown of the Zeebrugge, the Mole,
z Bruges and other places of which we
have heard so much in the past few
days. Six years before the war began
houses with cement foundations were
built by Germans in some of these
places, with the specific idea that the
foundations should serve as foundations
for the machine guns in this time of
attack
The Kings palace in Brussels was
+ used as a Red Cross headquarters.
5 Some of the German officers were given
n orders to wear the Red Cross to pro-
: tect them, but at the same time they
). carried two revolvers and a sword at
+ their side, which shows the respect
i they have for the sign of the Red
/ Cross
5 Miss Burleigh said the time had
! come when the German had not to
d reckon with arms alone. He was reck-
5 oning with the spirit and it is the
!, spirit that will carry this war through
to the successful end. The Germans
know that as long as the allies can
= sing and smile they are not conquered
: The same spirit the allies had in 1914
exists with them now. The spirit that
IS brought them through then is quite ca
n pable of doing it now until America
+ can turn out.