ATROCITIES OF THE GERMANS IN RUSSIAN TERRITORY.
WANTON DEVASTATION OF MANY VILLAGES. BARBAROUS TREATMENT OF PEASANTS AND WOMEN. London, October 22. The Daily Chronicle's correspondent at Grodno journeyed through the line which was the scene of the recent fighting in Russian territory on the East Prussian border. He states, that the Germans wantonly devastated villages everywhere, burning houses, pillaging, and smashing furniture. The churches were invariably gutted and denied. Piteous tales are told of the shooting of peasants and outrages on women and girls, which highly incensed the Russian soldiers.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15748, 24 October 1914, Page 7
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90ATROCITIES OF THE GERMANS IN RUSSIAN TERRITORY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15748, 24 October 1914, Page 7
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