In the West.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 37, 15 February 1915, Page 5

In the West.

GERMAN BRUTALITIES. SPECIAL ILLUSTRATED NUMBER OF “THE FIELD.” A Gruesome Exhibit. —Digging their own Craves. —Naked Girls Serve Dinner to German Beasts. Priest’s Shocking End. —"Remember, all you Englishmen!”

Times and Sydney Sun Service. (Received 8 a.m.) London, February 13. A special number of “The Field’ lias been devoted to the German brutalities, being illustrated with photographs. King Albert’s physician states that he personally investigated one case where a heap of dead bodies was piled up at Dlnant, and a German officer placed on top a live child with its legs wedged in between the corpses, and photographed the gruesome exhibit. Not a single village escaped from the outrages.

At numerous places the citizens wore forced to dig their own graves before they were shot. The owner of a country house at Raemsdonck did everything to serve the guests, hut during dinner he was lushed to a chair, his two daughters being stripped and made to servo the dinner naked. AVlieu the. officers were done with them, the girls were thrown to the troops. One committed suicide, and the other went mad.

A priest was tied naked at Audenuro to a gun in the presence of women, and the gun Was discharged. The priest died from the shock of the detonation.

The newspaper article continues: — “Remember, all you Englishmen: Tf the Germans ever invade your country, this is what they will do to English women!”

“EYE-WITNESS” REPORTS.

United Press Association.

London, February 14

“Eye-witness’ details the capture of the brickfield eastward of Guinchy. The British and French artillery concentrated a terrific fire on the enemy’s defences among the brick stacks. Hie effect of lyddite shells was terrific and created great havoc amongst the enemy. British storming columns rushed the position on three sides before the Germans recovered from the effects of the bombardment. The Germans left seventy dead, but the British casualties were insignificant.

The Germans early on the 7th advanced towards the canal bank shouting, “Don’t shoot. We are engineers.” The British waited until the enemy was only a few yards distant, when a machine-gun opened fire. The enemy fled, leaving thirty dead. A great feature of all the recent fighting has been the accuracy of the British artillery.

FIGHTING IN A VIOLENT SNOW-

STORM.

Paris, February 14

Official.—We repulsed the enemy near Arracourt, and captured hill 937, north-north-west of Sudele, in Vosges, during a violent snowstorm. Our losses were insignificant.

GREAT ARTILLERY DUEL.

Paris, February 14

Official: The Germans are violently bombarding from the sea to the Lys. There is great artillery activity on both sides on the Somme, between the Oise and the Aisno.