Von Lutwitz asserts this was a signal for the civil guard in civilian clothes on roofs to fire upon the German soldiers in the open square below. He said also that the Belgions had quick firing guns brought from Antwerp. ings are as empty as exploded cartridges. Statues, pictures, carve ings, parchments, archives are gone.
No ome defends the sniper, but because ignorant Mexicans when their city was invaded fired upon our sailors we did not destroy Vera Cruz. Even had we bombarded Vera Cruz money could have restored it. Money never can restore Louvain "and ite people's handiwork belonging to the world.
With torch and dynamite the Germans have turned their masterpieces into ashes and all the German Emperor's horses and all his men cannot bring them back again.
As for a week the Germans have occupied Louvain and closely guarded all the approaches, to say that there was any gun-running is absurd. Fifty Germans were killed and wounded. For that, said Von' Lutwitz, Louvain must be wiped out. In pantomime with hi swept the papers across hi "The Hotel de Vill 8 a beautiful building. pity it must be destroyed."
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