Evening journal., 1918-01-09
IRON LIEGE TO TIE MARNE.
O From Liege TO the scheldt.

D From Lieqe TO the Scheldt.
The German advance from Lloge TO
wards Antwerp, In the latter part OF
August, 1914, was accompanied by ter
rible outrages upon the civil popula-
lion. The massacres at Aerschot, the
bombardment Of Malines. the devasta-
ton Of the villages between Maliues
and Louvan. aud the sack Of the city
Of Louvain itself. were all directly con
nected with this military movement,
and have made 10 notorious above all
other German operations in the
European war Yet from the strate-
gical point OF view 70 was a subsidiary
movement-a diversion on the extreme
right flank, TO cover the main German
armies in their sweep across Belgium
into the heart Of France. Moving at an
almost incredible speed, these armies
traversed a vast extent OF territory be
fore they were checked and thrown
hack at the Marne, and the outrages
they committed IN their passage
probably amounted to a greater sum Of
crime and suffering than the horrors
concentrated between the Belgian front
ier and Liege, or between the Demer
and the Senne.
The right wing Of the invaders was
formed by the armies OF Won kluck and
Won Bulow. Screened by the covering
force on their northern flank, these two
armies poured through The gap between
the Belgian fortresses of Antwerp and
Namur-von Kluck on the right and Won
Bulow on the left won kluck's right
1ank columns wheeled through Brus-
sels). Moving abreast in an immense
curve. they crossed the Scheldt and the
Sambre. the Somme and the Disc and
The Narne, and were defeated on the
lines OF the Grand and the Petit NORM
sc the end Of their advance they were
stlll abreast, but their fronts were
facing south instead Of west, and they
were due east Of Paris.
AT Rosoux," wrote one Of Won
Kluck's soldiers IN his diary on August
~, "wlne by the cask. We live liht
God IN France; the villa of Belgian
GENERAL supplies everything. Tile
soldier had anticipated his objective
for Rosoux lay within the first stage OF
his march-from Liege 20 the Scheldt
lie and his fellows committed many
worse outrages than drunkenness anC
plllage before they passed out Of Bel
gium again across the French frontier
On the road from Jodoigne to Wavre
on, August 49, a detachment Of Bavar
ian cyclists advanced upon the BelgiaI
outposts with The cure Of Iod0igne IL
front of them as screen. The BelglaI
lire. more fortunate than on other oc
casions, struck down the leadlnl
Bsvarians. and the cure escaped. Th
village Of Linsmeau suffered NOR
severely. Eighteen civilians were XIII
ed there, and the whole male popula
ton was carried off TO work for th
invaders. A Belgian soldier saw tire
OF the corpses at Linsmeau lying In IN
cowshed Of d burnt farm They wer
man and two children-"one Of then
a boy OF fourteen, the other a girl o
ten" seven houses were burnt at Llns
meau altogether. At Melin two house
were burnt and 300 plundered TOUT q
RT: three Of the inhabitants wer
killed. Beyond Biez, again. at th
bridge Of Lives. the Germans use
civilians as a screen-this time Wome
and children. who were Drought do"
bv the Belgian fre Ihirty-seve
civilians killed, In the Canton
Iodoigne.
AZ Wavre hfty-eight houses wer
hurnt. and a Belgian despatch ride
who traversed the town after the Gel
mans had passed. saw the body
a girl lying on the pavement. 1t wa
naked. and had been ripped open. II
on Aug. q. otter these events. Tie bu'
gomaster Of Wavre received the follow
ing communication from the Germa
Lieutenant-General Won Nieber =
"On Aug. %, 1911, the General Con
rnanding the second Army, General vo
Bulow. imposed ON the town Of Wayl
A war levy Of 100000 francs. payab
before September 4. 10 eXpiate the he'll
ous conduct, contrary 10 Information
Law and the customs of war. of wli'
the inhabitants were guilty in making
surprise attack on the German troop
The town Of Wavre VIII be s.
on FIRE and destroyed If The payment
not made when due, without distinctC
of persons. the innocent will sun
with the guilty"
II was CONTRARY to Information
Law" as formulated in the Hague Col