RELICS OF THE BATTLEFIELD.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 217, 15 September 1914, Page 5

RELICS OF THE BATTLEFIELD.

CIVILIANS "SECURING TROPHIES

STARVING GERMAN SOLDTERS

(Received Sept. 15,10130 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 14 (evening). - ■ Router reports- that thousands of citizens visited the battlefield "of- the Itlarne on Sunday, gathering relics, mostly German .helmets, weapons, and fragments df-sipells. ,-# . '; ; '■■ ' ... Starving German soldiers are being brought: to Meaux in 'troops. One British soldier brought five in a woeful state of rags and dirt, with their feet protruding from. :their bodts. # The retiring invaders vented/ their rage on the better-class houses.' They smashed mirrors and cleared the cellars. Half-emptied champagne- and absinthe bottles -were strewed about. Which testified to,the. suddenness or ,the retreat. ■ .■: :. '' . • ■A wounded 'German; prisoner .at 'Neuilly had in "his 'haversacks nlty stolen purses,and a pearl necklace. \