Evening journal., 1918-01-23

This witness was more fortunate than
most At the FIRST salNO nearly all the
100 had fallen whether wounded or
not; others had throw themselves into
the Sambre. The latter were drowned
or were shot by the Germans in the
water. Those lying unwounded on the
ground got up upon a German word
Of command, and Wee mOWn down im-
mediately by a second hail of bullets
this time it is SAID f.Om a machine
gun Even then only about half ihc
400 were dead; the rest lay wounded
on the ground, and the Germans went
round the square, finishing OF any
who showed signs of life by bayonet
ihrusts or blows from the butts Of
their rifles. BY the light of lanterns
they carried on the slaughter far into
The night Many OF the slaughterers
wore Red Cross badges on their arms.
The witness last quoted found after
wards that only thirty Of the 400 had
survived, and OF the only four We're
unwounded besides himself
This witness was requisitioned next
day for burying the dead. ION reach
ing the square, states another Belgian
witness requisliioned for the same
bodies Of civilians in a mass covering
a space Of at least forty yards by six.
They had evidently been drawn up IN
rank TO be shot Actually
fathers buried the bodies Of their sons.
and sons the bodies Of their fathers.
The women Of the town had been
marched out into the square, and saw
us at work All around were the burnt
houses In the square there were Ger
msns-both officers and soldiers. They
were drinking champagne. The more
the evening drew on. the more they
drank We buried from $50 10 400
bodies Then four mounted Off
GERS came into the square, and, after a
long consultation, we were made TO
form into marching order, with our
wives and children a. well We were
taken through Tamincs amid the de-
bris which INSTRUCTED the streets, and
led to Nalaines between two ranks o.
soldiers. We all Thought that we were
going to be shot in the presence OF our
wives and children ! saw German OLE
diers who could not refrain from burst
ing into tears on seeing the women's
despair o."
During the burial terrible incidents
occurred. The last witness Saw Ger
man doctor order a man who was still
alive TO be buried with the rest THE
plank on which he was lying was borne
on aealnN and | saw the man raise hi,
arm elbOw-high. They called to the
doctor again, but he signi0ed by a gcs-
iure that he was To- 60 into the grave
with the others
Most terrible Of an were the scenes
Of recognitiOn 81 saw NJ. Y car
rying of the body Of his own son-in-
law. He was able 40 take away his
watch, but was not allowed to remove
some papers which We're On him -"A
friend" states another witness told
me gently what had happened. ] went
20 the public square and saw Il Uttered
with eOrpses In all kinds of positions
did not see The bodies of my wife and
child then. saw them FOR tho
frst time when the dead were being
buried that afternoon My wife's body
had a stab In the head. and also one
in the breast on the left side Ny little
girl had a stab in the neck ! aw also
the body Of the cure Of the Church OF
is Alloux- His ears ard one arm we're
cut and nearly severed from the body
Among those who had been shot down
the day before was my nephew six
teen years OF age "-"On Aug. 2i,'
states one Of the Witnesses quoted
above who had been confined ia The
Church Of les AllouX. I'VE went 90 the
Place Saint-Nariin, whore we saw
traces OF blood My sistcr-in-law recog-
n.zed her hu bands cap. We walked
along the Sambre and saw cOrpses on
the banks and in the water ~ these
last. az were taken out Of the river
my husband among them Al the be-
ginning Of September when the COM
munal authorities were permitted 20
exhume the bodies and bury them in