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No. 5
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A tl'B.nEl&tl%? of "yeltkrieg," an accurate daily record of the present war, published at 45 Broadway.
New York. . ’.,
aiding needy children
L. Schurz. Treasurer; Geor e
llilfsverein Deutseher Frauen. a soci
of soldiers in the German army.
g Sylvester Viereck. Editor.
Five cents a copy; $2.60 11 year; $1.30 for six months.
ety of women organized for the purpose of
e Von Rothe. Chairman; Mrs. Cari
rs.
Subscription price (including postage):
August 26 (concluded).
Extraordinarily severe measures had to be
taken in the old city of Louvain. Simul-
taneously with the sortie from Antwerp,
German soldiers in Louvain. who were either
peacefully attending to their duties or sitting
outside of the cafes, were suddenly fired upon
out of windows and from the roofs of
houses. A furious affray followed in which
all the residents participated. The German
soldiers were able to subdue the enraged mob
after a short time. although much German
blood was spilled during the unexpected
fracas. The guilty parties who were caught
were severely punished and many houses
were destroyed; but beautiful. old edifices,
such as the famous city hall, were preserved
with the greatest care by the German troops.
There is no doubt that the sudden attack
was instigated by the authorities in support of
the sortie from Antwerp.
The trained reserves of the "Landsturm"
were mobilized. to relieve the troops which
had been used to assure the safety of the
newly occupied districts. and for sentry duty
in general in Belgium.
Under the new German administration, ar-
rangements were completed to requisition the
Belgians for military supplies of all kinds,
thereby relieving the demand on Germany.
A French order. dated August 26. which
fell into German hands on a French battle-
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field. reads in the English translation as
follows:
"It has been brought to the attention of the
Commander-in-Chief of the First Army,
through the municipal authorities of Ramher-
villers, that soldiers in that city'have com-
mitted acts of violence and plunder. These
facts are the more objectionable and to be
regretted as they took place on French soil.
The Commanding General of the 2 lst Corps
is ordered to investigate this matter imme-
diately so that the perpetrators may be court-
martialed.
(Signed) DUBAIL."
This official confirmation of the brutality
which the French committed on their own
people is valuable and throws a significant
light on the behavior of an army fighting
with the slogan of "Civilization against ar-
barism." The way the French acted in the
Alsatian cities for the short time they occu-
pied them is best illustrated by the assertion
of the Alsatians themselves that the few days
of French control helped to Germanize the
population more than the entire 43 years of
German efforts in that direction.
Many cases of friction between the allied
French and English occurred.
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The decisive battle in East Prussia began.
After the Russians. who had advanced to
The entire net proceeds go to the needy
children or German soldiers in the tield