The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources- American, British, French, German, and others (1919) (14760460896)

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Title: The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting), 1851-1919, comp
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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d bom-bardment damage yet more serious was inflicted. Shellsfell upon the church of Notre-Dame, but care had beentaken to remove a.famous Rubens to a place of safety. OnSeptember 2, Malines was a third time bombarded for twohours. Nearly 100 shrapnel shells were exploded in thetown. Guns knocked the bells of Notre-Dame to pieces. Early in September news came of attempts on Aerschotand Alost. Aerschot lies a few miles north of Louvain, on 320 INVASION OF BELGIUM AND ALSACE-LORRAINE the line from Antwerp to Maastricht and Aix-la-Chapelle.It had a Gothic Church, St. Sulpice, chiefly remarkable fora carved rood-loft and choir-stalls, of fifteenth century work.In Aerschot, as elsewhere, houses were burned. The burgo-master, his son, and brother were shot in the presence ofinhabitants. Over forty others were killed. Full detailsof Tirlemont, Louvain, and Malines were printed in con-temporary dispatches, but far less of Termonde, whosedestruction came later—later in fact than the battle of
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MALINES. AFTER THE GERMAN BOMBARDMENT, But with the Cathedral still standing. This picture was published in theHamburger Nachrichten with the descriptive line. Malines. devastated by the Belgians Mons and Charleroi; later than the German drive on Paris,so that interest by that time was centered elsewhere. Ter-monde was only a community of 12,000 inhabitants, but aspretty and quaint a town as any province of Flanders couldboast. It was a prosperous center of rope and cordagemanufacturers, with 1,500 houses, and a barracks, two publicstatues, a town hall, five churches, an orphan asylum, anda convent. One of the churches still stood after the citysdestruction by the Germans, as well as buildings whereofficers were quartered, and perhaps a dozen others. The 321 ON THE WESTERN FRONT rest of the town was blotted out—not as the hot-tempered,impetuous work of uhlans, nor was any fire started in angerand driven by wind through the town. There was not abreath of wind, the night being calm. H