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PONT-A-MOUSSON DISPOSING OF GERMAN SOLDIERS' CORPSES. (Received December 26, 10.7 a.m.) PARIS, 25th December. Since the begimiing of the war, Pont-a-Mousson (30 miles east of St. jMihiel) has been bombarded 45 times. It transpires that on sth September the Germans at Tezainville and St. Genovieve lost 5000 killed and 8000 wounded. The latter were brought to Pont-a-Mousson. The corpses were soaked in petrol and burnt. When the Germans evacuated the town, an enormous number of incendiary bombs were captured.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 153, 26 December 1914, Page 8
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82BOMBARDED MANY TIMES Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 153, 26 December 1914, Page 8
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