The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-28
GERMAN ARMY OREGS
As THEY FILTER RDAE

Limburg. Holland. Dec. 1e fby
mail; delayed) Lower Limburg.
D-oiiand, hangs like the tongue of n
Aell in the atmosphere of Belgium an d
Germany.
s From the top of Evesden Castle as
far rs the eye can reach the dress of
the German army are altering home
On foot and by every kind OF motor
1orry, truck and wagon their ragged
oattalions could provide.
From this same point In 1914 the
Ninth Division of the Prussian Guard
and the brass-cuirassed uhian cavalry
700. 900 strong. covering the miles
between Achcn and Veryicrs-couid
b0 seen rising and moving with the
sun in all their martial splendor
e1loOdfng Belgium like tidal wave
On the third day this sea of men and
hnrses stopped as II stunned-Fnrts
h R0ntisae and Rarchon mainly. but
40 seven Others circlng Iiege. had
s opened FIRE. For two days and nights
s&Aeir guns drilled such avenues and
salfeyways OF dead through the won
i 11Fou4 army that the tide was turned.
Cfaxed with the unexpected blow.
AhAy tramrled down so, 600 OF their
( dead and wounded in the mad stam-
Decentralization followed wine cell
1aes were emptied. women were vio-
lated. all who resisted were murdered.
unt1l--until blood and rape lust
swept through all the towns and viii
lAxes from Wise clear to Dinant.
On the nights OF Ausust II, IL and
~ from this same tower could be
neen sixteen towns burning great holes
an the night to hide all record of the
Sxvfgy Nv atl hxs
day could be seen "A Fompeiian flight
" terror-distracted men, women and
children, shot down like rabbits as
they tried 10 cross the meadows into
Holland. Three sisters of charity
from convent near Rattice, where
sixty of their order had been vfo-
lated. murdered or burned within
their own clotster, fell across the
ss4rontier; three graves nearby witness
/ they survive in memory.
Il For many miles along ibis river OF
Nbeautifui homes the very stones were
86ieeding.
II On August IT. after It's temporary
Eheck, the marvellous army rolled on
%AO crush, to burn, TO XIII
x Now. after four years. IL is seen re-
EARNING driven out from a God fear
Ing world by the 'oathing In Its wake.
sszA4 tho edge Of the frontier a Dutch
sNrmAn train arriving on the other
ride with our prisoners They come
A4r0m the coal mines and hospitals OF
AK.
sN% Slowly and painfully they drag
Mnem6efves across the half mile sepa-
Smk3ng the Naai ard Achen stations
1ome Of the men and officers look as
we'll az could be expected Others do
- The parcels from home saved
seWm. They say the German hospifsl
'5n1A6 grew worse and worse. lacking
anefrunents. medicines. food. brains
sm11d eafe. Ore young lertenas Mt oh
11ver died the day before they left.
4 - wAa nineteen only The same old
SS4Ofy--bod arnputation, rangrene.
Sxf0n&h. HIS pilot, who fell nj the same
11nao, Hmped across the border He
81 q nne British face. full o, suf-
Dnriug and ho,~--and thirty odd bull
&ln4 wounds besides
Dome Of the soldiers from, the niisea
1870 IN q terrible state, starved and
I'm a1no1t 10 finish, FOIL ~ sores
warmth snd filth. clothed In rags al
n1lah. Al eloquent OF the i95len,ita Me
xUallCk OF Brifons. One lone, rhin
4 Go&fiah Tommy. 70 III and blondls.sa
n & could hardly stand. answkered my
Il ee4ing with n suari---irterdeS for
4&Ao smile ne was too weak 10 give.
%&l19 fAgEed khaki covered arm was
X D9hfy lifted toward the shrinking
oosro Of tire Prussiau army
IN 1hank God I've lived 10 see Il,
80 ell 30 s1t3