Evening journal., 1918-06-15
s'something in What Is said about

Somctnnq IN Nnat - c1iu Nhoht
German Barbarians."
Courcy, north Of Rheims. Oct 22
Ne are lying here on the lawn, IN the
e garden Of the owner OF the glsss-fac-
! tory. whose house, az present. harbors
al eur regimental stan I'm It's cellar. The
village and the workngmen's houses
II here are thoroughly looted and ruined,
s.Airocious After all. there l. some
Thing in what IS said about German
harbarsns
s. -. 18th Infantry Regiment East
Frlsianh Tenth Corps: Bedler. Com
ment rAllemagno esssic de iustiner ses
crimes" p. %.
Moro sIauphtcrinas and BurningS
{Spontin, Belgium, Aug. s3l A COM
pany from the 10th and one from the
is3d were ordered back 10 search the
village, to arrest the inhabitants and
TO buru the houses. On the right-hand
side OF the entrance 20 the village lay
two young girls, one dead. one seri-
ously wounded. The priest also had
oeen shot in front Of the railroad sta
lion. Thirty men were shot according
10 martial law. and fifiy others taken
prisoners.
Max Thomas iO7ih Eighth saxon)
Infantry Regiment 10Th Army Corps;
Bedier, ibid, p. S5.
august -; In Belgium one gets
some idea Of the fury Of the soldiers.
when one sees the destroyed villages.
Not a single house left whole! Every
thing catable requisitioned by indiyid-
ual soldiers. Many heaps Of human
beings TO be seen, executed by mar
tial lawl Little piss were running
around looking for their mothers. 4
DogS lay chained. and had nothing TO I
sat OF drink. and over them the houses 1
Scrc burning.
Hand in hand with The ius, wrath OF
pur soldiers goes also pure vandalism
In wholly deserted Villages they set
ne red cock on the roofs without
rhyme or reason. pity the inhabitants.
Even II they use unfair weapons, after
all they are only defending their coun-
try.
paul Globe, Ninth Pioneer Battalion, /
Ninth Corps; Bedler, ibid~ pp. 39-aO.
10 Quarter 10 Turcos Nor to English. /
No quarter is to be gwen 20 wound /
4 ed Turcos.
Nlce-Feldwebel Bruchmsnn, ilAth In
fsntry Regiment. i6th corps; Bedier
ibid. p. IA.
The captain called us about him and
said: IN the fort that is TO be taken
fhere are. In all probability, English
men. 4 do not wish 20 see a single
English prisoner in the hands OF the
company"
4 general shout OF assent was the
response.
Jnder-Oflcer Gotische, s5th Infantry
Regiment, Ninth Army Corps; Bedier
bid, p. "a.
fDrdcrs to XIII Wounded Enemies.
There they We're lying In heaps, eight
: Or ten wounded or dead, one on top Of
: the other. Those who were able 80
walk were made prisoners and taken
Wounded, who had shot IN The head
or IN the lungs, etc, and were
not able to get up, received moro bull
'e lets 20 finish them. These were our
; orders
io. Reseryist Fahlenstein. oath Fusneers,
Second Army Corps; Bedler, ibid, p.
sR
Priests and Women.
II Is for me a mad Joy when we can /
revenge ourselves on these rascally I
Belgian and French priests
Reservist Richard Gerhold; cited by
l. ut " ffNtNd III htNut Mfc MNNA
Mcndes," May ;, 1915
I am sending you a bracelet made out
OF a piece Of shell. This viii be
nne souvenir OF a German warrior. who
nae gone through the whole campaign
sid has killed heaps Of Frenchmen.
have also bayoneted a good number OF
women. During the battle OF Budon-
wilier ! did away with four women
nj arfu In mil
The captain had told me 10 shoot these
French sows, but preferred to run
M, bsyonet through them.
& letter dated peronne, March sc, 1915,
from a iiavarisn soldier. Johann Wen
ger. to his be,rothed; cited by T, de
Ibid.
Devastation.
To give you picture Of our situa-
Con ] viii go back In my mind few
lays TO Trescault II Is p. m. Our
company has Just returned from trench
sigging. A beautiful scene Is presented
% our eyes. A little later there sud
fcnly arise flames and Trescault Is
doomed to destruction. Everywhere
Explosions are heard and the terrific
Ieat reaches us. Then we. too, are
elzed with the madness OF destruction
|hu cdt ufe 10 cNtTl bitie. All iltc-
isuis Is In flames, and a marvellous
one which shall never for :
"a meets the eye. !
on little Hill stands a wonderful n
sssue, spared by US tn the last mo-
nent BECAUSE we are quartered there.
sutthe castle must go, too. and quickly
Me flames envelop Il. Where before \
mere peaceful people and ffourishing
f'llage Is now heap OF ruins. Far
indeed did the destructive fury OF the
s3Oth extend, and we can scarcely be
poked upon as soldiers. When we are
sptst the front, 1t Is as II we were the
greatest criminals. Thus II Is we do