Evening journal., 1918-02-07

houses out OF 222. At Lisle-en-Barrois
they shot two civilians. At Givry-en-
Argonne a German officer threatened to
burn the village if the mayors asses
sor did not hand over to him a girl
Of IS who had excited his lust-the
outrage was only ayerted by the ar
rival OF French troops. Sommeilles was
completely burnt on sept. 6. when
the incendiarism started states the
Mayor, M and Nine Adnot the lat
Ter about 60 years old, whose husband
is with the colors. and Nine X 5 four
children all took refuge in the Adnots'
cellars. They were there assassinated
under atrocious circumstances. The
two women were violated. When the
children shrieked, one Of them had it's
head cut of, two others one arm. and
the mother one Of her breasts, while
everyone I'm the cellar was massacred.
The children were respectively II, >, 4
and one and a half years old"
At Louppy-le-Chateau they violated
three women and two girls-the eldest
Of the women was II years old. the
girls were i3 and s. At Villers-aux-
Vents, on Sept. I, they stripped a man
naked and shot him in a field. on the
9Th they burned the village to the
ground. so systematically that not a
single house was left. At Lamont they
carried of seven hostages. who never
returned. At Vaissincourt where the
French Army turned on them and com
PEELED them 10 retreat, they burned, In
rancour, the houses left standing by
the shells. At Revigny they burned
: a.fT
les-Bains they burned 760 out Of 800.
The incendiarism at Sermaize and Re
vigny was perhaps more elaborate In
its methods and more effective in its
results than any other piece Of ma
terial devastation which the Germans
perpetrated in Belgium or France. The
wilderness OF rubble with gaunt chin
neys rising out OF Il, and. here and
there, a fragment Of wall. remains a.
the Crown Princes monument In
France, marking his limitless will for
evil a. the limits Of his power.
VI THE RAID INTO LORRAINE.
From the Frontier 70 st. Mihiel.
The Bavarian army which crossed
The frontier on a line between Thion-
VILE and the Nosges was intended to
take the fortress Of Verdun in the
flank and rear. force a passage south
Of it across the Meuse, and join hands
with the Grown Prince in the valley Of
The Marne, as the Saxons Joined Won
Bulow, between Meuse and Sambre,
round the southern flank Of Namur.
But the Bavarians were checked at an
earlier stage in their invasion than
the armies on their right. The howit-
zers which had shattered the forts OF
Namur made no impression on the
neld works Of Verdun-thrown up at
a weeks notice. when the fall Of Namur
had shown the weakness Of the old
system and the possibility Of improvis-
alton. Verdun remained a barrier be
tween the Bavarlans in the Woevre and
the Crown Prince in the Argonne. In
stead OF passing the Meuse, they seized
too late for use, the single bridge-head
Of ST Mihiel. Pont-a-Mousson held out
against them, almost within range OF
the guns Of Metz, and Nancy was never
in their hands. Yet though they failed
IL their strategic aim and were neld
nm nearer the frontier than any other
nj the invading armies. the outrage and
devastation they committed In the few
souare miles Of French territory which
they overran was not surpassed by
their companions who marched from
Lleqe or Luxembourg 10 the Marine
through the heart Of Belgium and
France.
Andun-le-Romain, in the Department
~ the Meurthe and Moselle, the first
village in French territory on the di-
rect road from Thionville 10 Verdun.
was occupied by the Germans on Aug
Fe~ unranfnart dave fhn fntra dare
confined themselves to acquisitions and
threats. But on Aug. p the German
advance-guards fell back IN disorder
eastwards through the village and the
Germans in garrison there ran amok.
"They began 10 set fre to the
houses" state the French Commission,
and to fire into the windows and at
the inhabitants. Seven women men
toned by name) were wounded, and
the foreman roadmaster. NJ. Chary. was
shot dead as he came out Of the church.
VI. Martin, agriculturist, was dragged
out Of his house, received three bull
lets, and fell dead at his door. before
the eyes OF his wife and daughters. The
Uhlans fell upon the body and stabbed
il with their lances, while one Of
them Glove the head with his sabre. A
young officer shot down VI. Somen. the
ex-mayor, with his revolver, when the
victim was Just shutting his barn door.
NJ Michel, the mayors assessor, and NJ.
,Edouard) Bernard tried TO see to him,
and for this they were taken, bound,
% Ludelange, and shot there the fol-
lowing day.
Next day, Aug. %. there was an en-
gsgement between the invaders and
some French troops. The enemy was
at FIRST compelled to retire, but soon
returned In force and occupied the
village once more. Six men mentioned
by name) and two Italians were then
msssacred in their homes or in the
public streets. One Of them-Thiery-
MAS only IS years old, and his mother,
who was present at the execution, was
on her knees. imploring mercy for him,
while he was being shot.
"During these two days Of slaughter
almost all the houses were burnt down,
not only at Audun-le-Romain, but IN
the neighborlng commune Of Malsvii-
lers as well At Audun there were about
900 houses. and hardly dozen Of them
are left"
There were even worse outrsges at
Jsrny. another village near the From
tier. but further south, on the road 10
Nerdun from Metz
"On Sept. 25 one Of the many TIA
lians working in the local factories shot
his dog. and the Germans Immediately
pretended that he had fired at them.
This was quite sufficient to provoke
outrages OF the worst kind. A fire was
Immediately etarfad which couatirnpd %