Evening journal., 1918-02-11

A"aAJMoI0nf fHNnHNA HfAAAA h'hAAhAh
ment-the official list Of civilian victims
over a period OF many months is given
in the NTH volume Of the French Com
missions RepOrts-and there was no
point west Of Luneville where the Ba-
varians reached the Meurthe. They
bore down In strength upon Luneyille
from the north. burning and killing on
a broad front as they advanced
Brin, the FIRST village on the French
side Of the frontier, was plundered and
burnt. At Erbeviller the male nhabi-
iants we're arrested. threatened with
death. and locked up I'm q barn, on the
pretext that German sentries had been
shot at by one Of them. 81 am not Ger
tain that II was these men who fired, 4"
the German officer conhded 10 a woman
u Erbevlller the sames evening, land
will let them go tomorrow morning II
you can pay me Immediately a thou
sand francs" The ransom was paid. and
the receipt which the officer signed for
it ia in the French Commissioners
hands
Remereville was plundered and burnt
Systematically on Sept. T. hundred
and six houses were burnt here and
-. including the Mairie at Courbes-
saux, where the Bavarlans fired on an
inhabitant who tried to extinguish the
flames Thirty-flve were burnt at Drou-
vile. and Sc al Make. At Make, also. @
men and 1 woman were massacred. The
woman was shot IN cellar; the men
were killed In various ways-one was
burnt alive In his house, while his wife
was kept at a distance by force. At
Crevio the Germans took especial
pleasure In burning the house Jelong-
ing TO General Liautey, who Is q native
of the place. They burned % other
houses here as we'll and killed 8 In
habitants, one at least Of whom was
burnt alive. At Sommerviller they shot
two old men aged 20 and g. and looted
the shops. At Deuxvile they burned
about IS houses, carried of the mayor
md cure as hostages. and shot them at
grion on Aug. % At Hudlviller they
shot man In cold blood, In the sight Of
his fifteen -year-old son. At Vitrimont
on the northwestern outskirts Of Lune-
vile, they shot a man OF GO on Aug 2i,
Two DAYS after their FIRST entry, and
burned 32 houses on Sept. 6, when they
PASSED through the village again In their
retreat
Other Bavarlan columns descended
on Luneyllle by parallel routes to the
east. At Arracourt, where these crossed
the frontier, they shot a civilian and
burned five houses. Their officers
plundered and defled the Chateau de
Bauzemont--staff officers wives were
observed removing the loot In motor
cars. and when the French troops re-
turned they found that the floors and
beds bad been carefully covered with
nth. At Einville the Bavarians mur-
dored four civillans-one Of them after
brutal torments They led him past
our house." states a witness, mis- nose
had been almost hacked off, his eyes
were haggard. and he seemed 20 have
aged ten years In a quarter N an hour
4 high officer came up and said some
thing I'm German. and eight soldiers
lad the prisoner away 10 his fate Ter
minutes later / saw them return with.
Nnut him, and one OF them said I'M
French: HE died before -be.
fore what refinement Of torture viii
never be known In the course OF an
action with the French the Davarlans
forced the Mayor Of Elnville TO flnc
civilians to bury the dead. Three of
those impressed were wounded and one
tilled while engaged on this task The
navor himself, with his assessor anC
another inhabltant, was carried on as
% hostage on Sept 70, when the Ba.
Narians evacuated the place, and was
confined for six weeks In a German
prison At the farm of Remonville
near Einville, four civilians were killed
The bodies of two OF them were re-
covered later: both the heads had beer
cut OF. and one Of them Dashed in.
Al Bonvlller the Bsvarians burned
2s houses. At Jolivet they shot an In
hsbitant. plundered the place, and SEN
If their loot in wagons before the,
retired. At ChanteheuX they passed th'
Vezouse. and their outrages here ar
snmmarised IN the French Commls
-ion's Report;
sThe village OF ChanteheuX, situated
nuite close 10 Luneville, was no
spared either. The Bavarlans, who oc
cupied 10 from Aug. p to sept. II
burned there 20 houses In the custom
ary manner and massacred 8 person
on Aug %. NM. Lavenne, Ioussain'
parmentler and Bachelor, who wer
killed, the frst three by rifle shots IN
fourth by two shots and 2 blow VIII
a hayonet; young Schneider AGED z
who was murdered In hamlet OF .li
commune: NJ. Wingerstmann and III
IrdnusOnt WllNHN uNntlAN WV ""fr
corded In setting out the crimes CON
mitted at Lunevllle; lastly, NJ. Reel
aged 62. who certainly died as the r.
suit Of the Tltreatment which he SUI
fered This man had been taken
hostage with some 70 OF his fellow
citizens. who were kept for i3 day
After having received terrible blow
4 from the butt Of a rifle In his rae
and a bayonet wound In his side u
continued 10 follow the column, a
though ne lost much blood and nj
face was so bruised that he was @
most unreasonable, when a bavarlai
without any reason, gave him a gres
wound by throwing a wooden pan
his forehead. Between Henamenl an
Bures his companions saw thst he wa
no longer with them; no doubt he re-
by the way.
IF this unhappy man was 70 sunt
The most cruel martyrdOm OF all, IN
hostages taken with him in the con
mune had also 60 suffer violence an
insult. Before setting fire TO the Vi
age the hostages were set with the
backs 10 the parapet Of the bride
while the troops passed b., iil-trea
ing them. AS an officer accsued thel
II lring on the Germans, the schC }
master gave him his word Of homo
r TST !