The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-04-11
he1ieres Victim Of Hun F'srueisy
| Even Up 10 Signing OF
| Armistice.
AfssS Suffering In 1921 its First A.
tack Sacred E6ihes oss 0srnsnS
csrthlan Shet--Cslt Of Mis-
tefic interest.

( ~ ~ - f00E ~ FtGAtNs
= lin the New rsrx Hsfaidt
Msxasrss. Ardeanss. Frsnce.--it Ia I
xact tnow0 70 eyeryons that the Ger
mans. after having desperately begs~e
For the srmissiee, SHIELDED the town oil
MesisreA even aF TO the enact mo
snsut OF the begiaalns al tie arinistfes
eowartiiy ina without any military
feasoa Shstsver, They aimed espe
cialty at the instruments, which were
well known 10 them. IN they had oe
espted TIN city for four years
1 Afcung the latter the church Ia %
pecfatly To be mentioned. II IL a fns
GctAse 6sfmt,eyant structure with NV
eaves fhe largest aud perhaps The
most hwautifwi OF she country. I'll,
church has had. among other prineeiy
~s~ssws, the hsH.r af ~~i~ssrsttng TN
saArvtsge ceremony OF Charles TX aad
Eiis@beth sf Austria tt3T0). We make
bold 10 assert that II was this last
OF the churches shelled" A fact less
hne@n, sithough not less Interesting
ss that II was also "shs frst sr ths
churches % he sh&llxd.'
I Begua In 1909, {, was - Years old
whea In E1i the lnlperta.s besieged
hexi~r-s. defended by Baysrd, the
iknight without fear or rrproach Ills.
torians relate that shells we're etu,
plcyed for the FIRST time durinx this
Siege. The enemy shelled the texa
Tor exactly mnash, from August 81
until September ~. and one part VAS
entirety destroyed The monuments
~. well as ths fi1areh weEs struck by
the prolveuios, IA IL proved by the
archives VI Tho epoch, kept In the de-
poslt0ry ~ the department o. Ne
sieres. Several large haieH had to be-
nended in the roof Of the church
steepl. as 'the glass Crane ~ the
round OF the s'repie which had be~a
hfokeH daring the Siege"
Many Times Hombarded.
SNe ran notice that the lombard
meats u this epoch. even compared ~
those that tha history OF after tines
was to note, we're not as c.rtain
people might hcliry~-~"games Of chill
dreD,' III. church OF Me6lerer was
however ta undergo more terrible
cues On three different occasions.
Completed With dl'ticulty In ifaw
that Ia TO say, hundred and twenty.
s~ven years after III. laying of the
Foundation stane. II was soon 10 have
hved the golden age NJ itx life. "
say nothing OF the Ore which br,k~
out In lts ste. :'le ltlS..1. neither u the
acts nf yan,lali i'm Of the revolutionists,
let M speak OF y ~ the homba rssuvnts
which Il suffered,
The frnssisns sheile<i Il in 1878. An
inscription GA the wall reminds the
F.a.l,ss that IL was nearly ruInssi II
lost its beautiful stained glass win,
dnws NJ the sixteenth century ard the
exterior riunReles Mere seriously dam,
aged Several shells penetrated lntn
the interior, causing q great deal of
damage.
Hardly had the damage NJ 1915 been
vcpslyrd when a new cloud arese on
the horiGpn ard Threatened Msrisres
tn 1870 New Invasion. n,N fears apf
new ruins teg Our town On the tvnn.
tier
III" Stsi 81 pte~mhcr iS-n. and ia
OF January, 1871 German Christmas
box the enemy again Shvllrd Ne
.isres, The church was pylu,trally
aimed At and was cptr poec thu W
Tim At the shells, which spoiled tfr
stetlxe, burst the vaults. broke the
s'a'lsnr~s and stained glass windows.
tcs~s Pea. al Bella s, .,.
nurtax nearly forty~ssses, Years
these suias had heen repaired The
church Of Mrtieres had PASSED the
greater part ~ this grrat war without
danssge, but In 1917 and 1915 the Ger,
nens tock away the Eve beautiful
bells, the most tanrtui and the loud
rst IN the country, aud what Is worse
broke RE yrEau In order 10 get down
th' bells Fa; 'he church ttsetf =.
malped uhtaiarrG. II would have been
too much hI,k for our church. tire ie$
t!Ut ~ vh-Dh S,sa,c,i uaited 10 sll oar
nsttneat wo,S tN November IL. less
thaa tWrtN sour hours before the At.
riiSttte, The Fury ef the rvifvAtsng 20.
cray POURED eat IN tbs vile lombard
rlrpl oE NrS5ecy%> which lasted twrn,
y hoars Aassu. other buiiasngs the
Church at NGg Lady was STRUCK All
the StasasI glass q iadews we're either
tntGlN or partly ervken, and What Is
more tr,rEtsst The famhSysns sui
lh'as AZ nanny windows were ervken.
TIE thur-A ~ss struck by many
hor,hS <eS,e ef which hit The Lantern
OF NJ sterpie, the tower OF the signal-
MAJ Sospe strack the top some thu
ssn't sVHpe the lnterfor W the Cuan-
tsr>rN>
}NAtS~ ~ RE ar1ulStt,v. which carte
inst - nrc 10 V9vvep. the snesay
frn'N 'ost0oyjcs McsterNs totally tho
eSHfse. .'N&1a eeRsstiie abr, Is ass
ev'ri4 rfYal7 Es:' u b, evrlain. loo
~ 'h.S h'o'Se ~ 'yucrt - saotAer
PN"y &c iN's te, acr'sty ar5 BE ~ss
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