The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-07-04
CHAPTER II.
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piLlu- mel mhny more wonnds-t men
who had fought la Belgium. All were
Of the opinion that the Belgian dead
numbered as many civilians Ms sol
dIers. Even II tile German soldiers
who fought 10 Belgium do not admit
the crueities cummItted against the
BeiEfuBs. IL cannot he denied that NJ
least 50 per cent Of the crueitie~
known to The world to have been com
mitted In Belgium were only too true.
A young soldier who lay next 10 me
In the hospital told me t,cat his COM
pany. during a street fight In LIexe,
was given orders to Kill everybody
without discrimination. Systematical-
~. one house after another was set ON
krc- The inhsbitnnis either fell In the
flames or became the victims In the
streets To the gun barrels OF the Ger
a,ab kuitur bearers.
A. the time ] doubted the words of
ny neiEhbor. even though 1 had seen
what German warfare meant. After
few days I was released from the
hospital and again restored TO ing de-
iachment. Psrfiy BY auto, partly by
fotr. ] reached my detachment by ten
o'clock In the evening. Our transport
moved this zine over Trier to Luxem-
burg The little grand duchy OF Lus-
rroburE wss overrun enureiy by Ger
ssAn soldiers. The Germans who had
made their homes In Luxembourg had
everything taken away from them. es-
ec<faiiy She farmers. all food. Without
.houxht Of payment. 80 that In Luxem-
burg ss this time there was . shortage
Of food The people here NJ well ~
ia Belgium were very friendly. yer they
hErbored . terrible bitterness against
ii.s German government. which had
aud murderers over their peaceful
rounfry.
Belgium and I.ase,oburx. the t~o
brrt unhappy v}ctiips ssf the dan,nai,ie
f;-rman politics snd ifs drunkenness
sifh pcweri
That the LuxemburE citizens drf~sf.
sd Germany an Incident showed m~
which happcned Ia abe village Of Mar.
moth. We were In friendly conser.
saiion with LnxembHrr farmer. Tw.
officers approached and iist~ncd. One
officer. n capfnin. asked the Lnxsni
burger. What do yon think of the
var. and of the quickness of G-rnnnyl
There Is only one Germany. isn't
thcret-
Yes replied the farmer. Thank
the Lord
ror those four words the farmer
was arrested at once and transported
10 Germany rs court prisoner.
could never learn what became OF
him.
The sarpe evening We we're trans
ported in automobiles and on the eve
ming of August ~. 1914. we reached
our detachment, which was about z
miles from the Belgian city OF Ncuye
t1iatsau. The regiment to which be-
iionEed did not take psrs In any opera
slons after the fall Of Licge. bat wis
transported To this part of Belgium.
Now ! learn for the first time how
heavy was the loss In my company IN
the Licrc fighting. We lost ISL men IN
dead aud wounded.
This night we slept In an open neid.
Al Eve O'Clock the NEXT n,orning We
marched ngain until four O'Clock In
the afternoon. when Ne were given q
rert.
IL was about ten O'Clock In the eve
Ming when we received orders TO ad-
vance. We were all ready to proceed
when another order came for Ms 20 re-
main at our bieouac overnight. Dur
ing the night We heard laundering of
cannon which became more violent.
The battle OF Ncuve Chateau, which
had continued from August - to Au-
gust -. iDl4, had begun.
At four o'clock ON the morning of
August - we resumed onr march. Al
fcuve Chateau the French army had
encountered the Fourth German army.
First there was. rs always. minor out
post and patrol fighting. BY and by
larger mssrcs Of troops participated.
and NJ we took our part In the battle
IN the evening Of August -. the hght
had developed lnto one Of the most
snngrinary Of the world war.
When We arrived the French occu-
pied almost three,quarters Of the town.
The artillery had set the mnin part Of
keuve Chateau on frc and only the
beautiful residence section In the west
ern part OF the city sscnpcd At that
lime All night long ths house-to-
house fighting continued, but when at
noon Of August 23 the city Was In Ger
man hands the enormous cost % the
Germans could finally be determined.
Residences. cellars, xtrects and side.
walks were heaped with dead and
wounded. The houses were In ruins
empty shells, In which hardly anything
remained undamhsea that was Of any
real vniue, Thousands became beg.
gnrr IN one terrible night. Wonaen and
children. soldiers aud citisenn were ly-
iaAn whorn fhn r,fef1s.~r. shsny~ ss,<a kssa.