The German Terror in France (Classic Reprint)

FitOM THE SCHELDT TO THEO lSE from the children, who were not allowed to return. The Germans entered Lakotissoye on A ug. 30th, pillaged the shops and houses, rifled the linen from the drawers, and slaughtered the cattle. They raped a woman of eighty, and murdered a man of sixty-five. He was found in his cellar, with a bullet in his heart, on the following day. Pont Noyelle too, was plundered on A ug. 30th. A paralysed man, who could not open his gate quickly enough for the Germans satisfaction, was ridden down by an officer on a horse. The Germans stole seven or eight hundred bottles of his wine, and compelled him to witness their debauch, forcing a pickelhaube on to his head, and treating him with every kind of indignity. They stole his provisions, plate and horses, and jewels to the value of more than 1,500 francs. At Querrieu a refugee returning to look after his cattle was killed by a sabre-stroke in the stomach. All but four of the houses in Querrieu were plundered, and two were burnt. At Mencouri-suT-S omme three German soldiers dragged a girl of seventeen into a cellar, violated her in succession, and seized aij the Five 105-7. Five 101-4. Five 108-111. Five
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