BELGIUM
WHOLESALE DESTRUCTION THREATENED. UNLESS BELGIUM SURRENDERS. Received 9, 6 p.m. The Hague, September 9. Refugees state that the Germans threatened to destroy the whole of Delgiiim unless the nation surrenders. RUTHLESS DESTRUCTION. FRENZIED GERMANS AT TERMONDE. FIRE AND RAPINE. Amsterdam, September 9. The German destruction of Termonde was as ruthless as that of l.ouvain. Over a hundred buildings were destroyed by artillery or burned, including the. Town Hall, Museum, and Palace of Justice. Only on one occasion did they behave in a civilised manner. When the lioxpital was blazing they carried out the patients and placed them in safety. The soldiers pillaged the wine cellars and rushed about in a drunken frenzy, killing women, children and old men. They robbed those whom they spared. SAYING A BURGOMASTER. Ghent, September 9. A report says that the Burgomaster has been appointed secretary to the United States League to prevent him being molested by the Germans, who wished to hold him as a hostage.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 90, 11 September 1914, Page 5
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