GERMAN FRIGHTFULNESS.
LONDON, February 8. A large party of wounded from Germany have reached Tilbury. One related an astonishing story of German “ frightfulness.” Two thousand Russian prisoners were taken to the firing lino in France and forced to dig trenches. They were cruelly underfed, and worked day and night in a, famished condition. "Many were killed and wounded by shell fire. Finally they were smuggled back to Germany, suggesting that the Germans themselves were ashamed of the treatment. The Germans ordered other prisoners to build Zeppelin sheds, but thev refused and were punished with a year’s hard labor. Many civilians accompanied the wounded men, including married women with, families and a number of governesses who were expelled from Germany under a recentT order.
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Evening Star, Issue 16033, 9 February 1916, Page 3
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123GERMAN FRIGHTFULNESS. Evening Star, Issue 16033, 9 February 1916, Page 3
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