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typtiE. ATROCITIES.
London;1,siindivy.
, iu,o tfpnqon. 'VUbsoryer/a Ostend c»:‘*
respondent. states . that Maubeugo was
bombarded • vvitk, the Gorman's ‘.famous
,t Ovoc -one . hundred, houses
;iir th-3’ vicinity/of Hons, Jcmuppes, and
other': yil|a^e»,.waro’ burned. Tho torri*
/#tl* inhabitants .hung out whito*' fla«s
aiid .jhiplored;jnercy. ■ . -®
■ • /rbo jeniutppes monument, to Franco’s
victory over the Austrians in 1792 'waa
:dsstro^ed. Ho «aw in ouo village burial
pluc°\l^ Gcnmips' and 50 • Englishmen.
Whenever possible the .villagers wtapped
tho ^ Englishmen in • Union’:Jiicka 'for
-AV Moss ho. saw, n eonvoy of.English
prisoners .bareheaded in tlid blasting sun.;
Eho citizens offored straw./hat* whicli.
tho 'Germans would not permit thorn.:-to’
wear. .The Germans taunted tho Brit- •
mh with : ,** Lqok at tlicso robbers of
colonies’,*' After , the battle • southwards
M-oris, many. British wounded wove
three . days without help.. The , same
correspondent. caw a German aeroplane
break .dpwn near Oatopd. Tlio peasants
captured two officers, ono being wound
ed. Both,wero^ent to Ghent.
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