REIGN OF TERROR IN BELGIUM
RIOTING AT. GHENT AND ' , BRUSSELS: DEPORTEES CHARGED BY TROOPS (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) AMSTERDAM, Nov. 11. . The deportees -from Ghent rose up against th-o soldiers, who charged, repeatedly, killing 60 and wounding hundreds .before the deportees wore rounded up and marched like prisoners under a guard with fixed bayonets. A serious revolt occurred at Brussels on Thiu'sday, when the authorities comQU'&nced deporting «ien ,to Germany. When the first batch were assembled 1 at the station, ai soldier insulted] a Belgian and a general fight ensued. The Germans- fired on tne mob. Thirty Germans were killed and wounded, and many Belgians were shot. The "military 1 closed Brussels.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 13 November 1916, Page 5
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