Evening journal., 1918-02-06

Through Luxembourg 20 the Argonne.
This was what the Duke Of wurtem-
berg did in Luxembourg and Cham
pagne; but Luxembourg was also ray
aged by the Crown Prince Of Prussia.
who passed across il ON the Duke Of
Wurtemherg's left. forced the Meuse
below Ncrdnn, and penetrated tho Ar
gonne.
AZ Arlon, near the sources Of Tho
Semoy. the Crown Prince sacked AZ
houses and extorted a war contrihu-
tion of 100000 francs. At RULES he
burned 2S houses At Rossignoi he
burned the whole village One hundred
and five OF the inhabitants Of Rossignol
were carried away to Arlon and shot
In public at the railway station In
patches Of ten-one OF them was
woman. and she was shot last, after
having to witness the execution of the
rest At les Bulles several civilians were
shot, and the church and 81 houses
were burnt down At Etalle 80 houses
were burnt. a civilians shot, and the
cure hanged in the church: at Tintigny
and Ansart 90 were shot, including the
cure. Only three houses at Tintigny
were left standing AT Baranzy only four
houses were left and the cure was
shot with two Of bis parishioners. At
E3he i97 were shot "ln the night
writes q German diarist "Ethe was
entirely in flames. and It was q mag
nif1cent sight from a distance. The next
day, Aug. %, Ethe was in ruins, and we
looted everything that was left in the
way Of provisions. We carried OF guam
tgfies Of bacon. eggs, bread, Jam, to-
hacco. cigars, cigarettes and, above
all. wine for our regiment" At Latour,
beyond Ethe. on the way TO the French
frontier. they shot the cure, his re-
tired predecessor and 60 other civilians.
In these districts of Relgian LuXem-
bourg which were traversed by the
Crown Princes army 523 civilians are
known to have been massacred; and it
Is reckoned by the Belgian Commission
that In the whole province q thousand
were magsacred altogether, and more
than 5000 houses burnt, by the Grown
Prince and the Duke Of Wurtemberg
between them.
Passing the Meuse below the forts Of
yerdun, the Grown Prince carried the
German Terror into the Argonne. Cler-
mont was the FIRST town in the Argon-
ne which he destroyed; Is fate has
been described by the French Commits
sioners In their summarizing report on
the Department Of the Meuse.
"The little town Of Clermont-en-Ar-
Eonne. on the slope of q picturesque
htll in the middle of a pleasant land
scape, used to be visited every year by
numerous tourists. on Sept 4, at night,
the i2ist and i22nd Wurtemberg Regi-
ments entered the place, breaking down
fhe doors Of the houses and giving
themselves up to unrestrained pillage,
which continued during the whole Of
the next day Towards midday a sol
der set fire to the dwelling OF a clock
maker by deliberately upsetting the
contents az an oil lamp which ne used
FOR making coffee. An inhabtani, M.
II Monternach at once ran 20 fetch the
town flre-engine, and asked an officer 70
lend him men to work il Brutally re-
fused and threatened with a revolver,
he renewed his request TO several other
officers. with no greater success. Mean
while. the Germans continued To burn
the town. making use Of sticks on the
fop Of which torches were fastened.
While the houses blazed the soldiers
poured into the church, which stood
BY Itself on the height, and danced
there to the sound OF the organ. Then,
before leaving they set fire to il with
grenades as well as With vessels full Of
inhsmmabls liquid containing wicks.
after the burning of Clcrmont, the
body Of the Mayor Of Nauquois NJ.
po1nsignon (which was completely car
bonisedl. and that Of a young boy Of
II. who had been shot az point-hlank
range, were found.
when ike fire was out pillage re-
commenced in the houses which the
flames had spared Furniture carried of
from the house OF N. Desforges and
stuffs stolen from the shop of NJ.
Nordmann, a draper. We're heaped to-
gethe~ in motor-cars. An army doctor
fmedecin-majorl took possession of all
the medical appliances In the hospital.
and an officer Of superior rank, after
having put up a notice iorhidding pill
lare on the entrance door Of the house
az Nj Lebondider had q great part of
the furniture Of this house carried
away on a carriage, intending ~ as be
boasted without any shame, for the
adornment of his own villa
At st. Andre the. Germans herded the
inhabitants into q barn, and shot q man
who had stayed behind % watch over
The dead body az his wife-she had
been killed the day before by a shell
They burned down two-thrds Of Bu-
lainville with their special apparatus.
At Nubecourt they carried away tht
cure, and he was never seen again
Their conduct at Triaucourt Il des-
cribed in the French Commissioners
Report ~
Nks'At Triaucourt the Germans CAV,
tn&mselves mp to the worst eXcesses
AnEered. doubtless, by the remarl
which an officer had addressed 70
soldier against whom q young girl q
nineteen. Milo. Helene Process. had mad
complaint on account of the indeceu
treatment TO which she S1d been sub
ected. they burned the Village ant
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