Evening journal., 1918-02-21

Camille de Rijken, a stoker Of Ter
monde, was hayoneted in the presence
81 his wife.
"On Sept. &c. about $50 p. m- the
Germans began once more to lombard
Termonde. The majority Of the inhabi-
ianis. who had returned TO the town
1fter Sept i0 retired to the left bank
of the Scheldt as did the small Bel
gian garrison Of $50 men A dozen shells
struck the church Of Notre Dame
which had been recently restored
AT 79o p. m. the enemy entered the
town When the Belgian troops con-
tlnued to fire from The further bank Of
the Scheldt. some German soldiers com
polled Dr. Van Winckel to accompany
them to the river; the man who was
on his right hand was killed, the man
on his left severely wounded.
"That evening the Germans pillased
the cellars OF three houses which had
escaped the deyasiations Of sept. a. >
and 6 All the night the officers kept
up q drinking bout In the square be-
fore the Linen Market where they had
lighted two large fires
Next day Sepa. A. the town was
Shelled again from TO i.i1 y. m one
shell struck TIE tower Of the Town
Hall which caught fire The communal
library and the archives fell a prey 90
the flames. but the pictures were saved
with three exceptions.
After the fall OF Antwerp the Ger
mans occupied Termonde in force. They
drove out the few Inhabitants who re-
NAMED. and proceeded 90 plunder all
that was left in The town. the factories
were robbed Of all finished product7
and OF certain raw materials. The Law
Courts. The Arsenal, and almost all the
faw private houses that still stood in
tact were set on fire
ut is clear from the statement that
s herein set forth that the town OF
Termonds was Systematically destroyed
though certain German newspapers
deny 10 10 was DESTROYED by method-
icai arson. acc0mnanied by pillaee
Even allowing that there was a milf
fary necessity for the bomhardment,
that bombardmeni only completed the
devastating work OF the German
pioneer troops
.Alosi. like Termonde, chansed hands
moro than once during the month OF
Seniemhcr and ihough the lehting was
not 81 continuous nor so Intense tho
fate Of the civil population was hardly
loss terrible.
Durinc the cngaccment on Sept. A. o.
man cro sing o street in Alost with a
nail OF water from the welt was
bavoneied by 10 German soldiers An-
other man was shot IN his doorway.
others. again, were driven through the
streets as n screen one az. the latter
saw the corpscs ~ - murdered civil
llans lying N The road IN hospital a
feV days later, q witness saw several
more victims who were dying of their
wounds girl Of eleven with h bay
cnei stabs IN her back. a man mansled
hy bayonc, siabs and blows from riile-
butts: an old Woman OF so with bay
ouei-siah lhroush her body; and a man
who had been thrown with his son,
out Of the window of his house This
house had been set on Gre and there
We're several other cases of inccnJlar-
ISM
1n sept 2G The Germans returned 10
ihe attack and forced ihe passage Of
NE river. IN This cneagement they
treated Al0st as they had treated the
towns ou the Meusc and the Samhre
Thoy covered their advance by sys-
iemafc incendiarsm IN several quar-
icrs especially alonc me eastern bank
of ihe river; and when they came un-
der ihc fire OF The Bclsian infantry and
machine guns on the further side, they
shot or bay0neted at sirhi any civil
llans who showed themselves In the
part Of the .own that was already ln
their hands One witness saw . corpses
OF civilians: another : another So. in
cluding boys on ~ and 49, and a girl
One knew personally OF p civilians
who were bayoneted or clubhed TO
death or shot, another oi a. The men
were shot as they came out of their
burning houses states a witness; no
resistance was made. '--l saw O young
msn-twenty-ihrce wears old, about.
jump from the roof oi burning
house, states a second 81 saw Ger
man soldiers strike him with the butts
of their guns after bee had come 20
The ground lie was lying lust near the
f0oip8th. ~ saw a number of dead
bodies outside "a cafe In the road.
states o Belgian soldier: "they were
about IN number, one about A. wears
of age had a bayonet wounds In his
left breast; an cid man had his throat
cut and his head was nearly cut of '--
p ] crossed the canal by means OF barges
Whfn the Germans were forced
20 retreat states a British Jour
aalist with the Belgian troops. Il
went to the place where the dead bodies
Of the civilians were lying and saw