IN BELGIUM

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue LXXXVIII, 10 September 1914, Page 7

IN BELGIUM

! DESTRUCTION OF TER- | MONDE f AS RUTHLESS AS AT LOUVAIN. , AMSTERDAM, 9th September. The German destruction at Termonde was as ruthless a-s at Louvain. Over a hundred buildings were destroyed by the artillery, or burned, including the Town Hall, the Museum, and the Palace of Justice. Only on one occasion did they behave in a civilised manner. When the hospital was blazing they carried out the patients and placed them in safety. The soldiery pillaged wine cellars, and rushed about in a drunken frenzy, killing women, children, and old men." They robbed those whom they spared. BURGOMASTER OF GHENT AN AMERICAN DIPLOMAT. (TIMES AND SYDKEY SUN SERVICES.) (Received, September 10, 8 a.m.) LONDON, Bth September. A Ghent report says that tho Burgo!nfi&Ur h*» boen appointed wffotury of ih« United 6tftta Xegfttios, to jjrsvent

i him being molested by the Germans, who wished to hold him as hostage. (PRESS ASSOCIATION.) LONDUiN, Bth September. Ne-ro has been received from Ghent that the German general informed the Burgomaster that there was no intention to take the town, and no money war tax would bo levied, but the enemy commandeered a large quantity of forage and a number of automobiles. FAMOUS CHURCHES BURNED. HAGUE, 9th September. The Germans burned two* famous churches in Dinant. One of them was St. Joseph's, in which there -was a Kubens altar-piece. BELGIANS MADE TO FIGHT THE RUSSIANS. (TIMBS AND SIDNEY SUN SERVICES.) LONDON, Bth September. Antwerp reports Etate that Belgian military prisoners in Germany are compelled to serve with the German troops operating again6t the Russians. STOLEN MAPS USED BY THE GERMANS. (Received September 10, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, 9th September. Last year several thousand Belgian maps were stolen from Antwerp. The Germans are now using them.