WHY A VILLAGE WAS DESTROYED.
(Received August 4, 8.40 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, August 3. A German deserter stated that the Belgian village of Battice was razed because it was alleged that francstireurs . (light infantrymen) killed a captain. The facts were that a German private shot the Captain from a window, out of revenge.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8208, 4 August 1915, Page 5
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