REPORTED GERMAN TROCITIES
COAL MINERS ENTOMBED VILLAGERS MASSACRED Received Friday, 1,1.45 p.m. Paris, Friday, The miners at Fremariea report the Germans reached the village on Monday. The first thing, they did was to close the mouth ..of all the pits despite the fact that a number of miners were still working in them. The unhappy men Were buried alive ' The villagers took refuge in cellars wbsre the soldiers at bbed them with their lances. Ref ?ees state th 9 Uhlans sometimes drove hundreds of villagers before them ■' >' " The German*) at Tournai demanded two million francs and threatened to shoot the burgomaster if the money was cot forthcoming . ' '■ The inhabitants wera able to save the burgomaster's lifs The Germans also imposed a levy of sixty thousand sterling on Chareroi .
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 699, 29 August 1914, Page 5
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128REPORTED GERMAN TROCITIES King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 699, 29 August 1914, Page 5
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