Evening journal., 1918-01-23

the old cemetery round the church. we
learnt that my faiher-in-law and
brothcr-in-law were among those shot.
and my husband among those who had
been drowned"
In addition TO the great massacre, the
Germans also committed Isolated muir
ders at Tamines. A wltne whose shop
looked on to the square. saw them
shoot a boy Of fifteen. a girl Of fifteen,
and her two little brothers OF twelve
and eight They also shot. in her sight,
an old man OF seventy whom they had
requisitioned 10 help them pick up their
own wounded. Three hundred and thlr-
ty-siX Of the BelVian civilians Killed by
ihc Germans at Tamines are known BY
name. The total number OF the victims
runs to at least a hundred more
The German column which had
crossed the Sambre az Tamines went
forward towards the south At Fallsol-
le they burned 81 houses; at Arsimont.
1853; at Fosse, 20. Advanced with nv
section into the VILLAGE OF Fosse," writes
a German officer In his Diary. some
shots We're Cred from o farm, so u was
burnt and Mey with 10. When
the battalion entered the village there
was a hail Of bullets. SO we burned the
whole village, and The seventh Com
pany got 1900 francs on the road from
Fosse 10 Nltriyal, a fugitive Belgian SOL
der saw a party Of civilian refugees
ten women and several chlldren-over-
taken by 81 Germans "A soldier an
preached one Of the women. intending
90 violate her and she pushed him
away. he az once struck the woman in
the breast with hs bayonet. saw her
fall. some Of the mans comrades
laughed a; he showed them The bayonot
dripping with blood He then wiped The
bayonet on his coat. / am certain that
The whole OF the twenty-four soldiers
had been drinking"
/ At Roselies the Germans killed the
cure. At Biesmes they killed eight civil
lians and burned y houses At Oret
they burned % houses. At ST Gerard
''-'- H''"nad - houses At Ermet0n-sur-
Blert they burned Sc houses and killed
-.a ,..a.al- 40 front Of the Village Of
Ermelon.' writes German diarist on
Aug %. 1--WE made 1000 prisoners; al
" least 500 Were shot The VILLAGE was
burnt because there had been shooting
10y the inhabitants too. Two civilians
house for beds we stuffed ourselves 10
our hearts content Bread, wine, but
ter, jelly. and all sorts of other things
were our booty. We va he'd or the
blood, and cleaned our side-arms
That night we found our best quarters
yei-plenty Of clean linen. preserved
things, wine, salt meat and cigars O."
This was how Won BuiOw's Army
made its passage Of the sambre. The
whole tract along the river. from the
forts Of Namur on the left flank TO The
forts OF Maubeurge on the right, was
visited with slaughter and devastation.
a thou and and eleven houses were
burnt in the Canton Of Fosse, and 769
In twenty comnunes Of the Province
~ Hainaut, ACCOMPLISHMENT Charleroi
Tn these twenty communes-which in
clude neither Charleroi itself nor Mon
iigny --ur-Sambrc nor Tamines which
lies inst within the Province Of Ma
MUIR 222i more houses were 1ri.ally
burnt and pillaged; 40 men. women
and s children were killed. 81 men. A.
women and 3 children were wounded
more than 200 men. 30 women. 2i9
children and GO entire families disap-
peared The value az The houses burnt
was il95.931 ancs Of The hOu e- par
TALLY burnt or pi'iased. i9ii.I99 francs
Of the goods and crops destroyed or
stolen, 2,9ii0ii francs; Of tho furniture
destroyed S5Oa29 francs; amounting
90 nearly i25o00O0 francs i'm all-and 90
is reckoned that The destruction in the
remaining communes OF the Arrondisse-
mont or Charleroi amounted 10 twice as
much again. To this must be added the
official acquisitions of Won Bulow's
Army and the war contribution i'm
posed upon the city of Charlerol and
its urban area, which was nxed at TO-
10000 francs
Continued tomorrow