WAR EXPERIENCES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17269, 19 September 1919, Page 9

WAR EXPERIENCES.

A very large audience gathered at the Town Hall concert chamber last night when Miss Louise Mack pave the second of her war lectures. The recital of her adventures as war correspondent during the siege and occupation of the city of Antwerp was listened to with keen interest. A striking feature of the lecture was the graphic portrayal of the chaos which swept over the city when it fell to the Germans. From the window of her hot-el Miss Mack watched one of the strangest and most tragic sights the world has ever witnessed, a million people fleeing from their own country into a strange land, the endless procession of refugees pouring into Holland. This hotel soon turned out to be one of the strongholds of the German spy system, and an astounding and unforgettable sight witnessed by the lecturer was the meeting between the German officers and their spies, some of them dressed in British uniforms. Immediately after the occupation all the city gates were closed, and the war correspondent found herself a prisoner. From this terrible predicament, she was rescued after five days of peril by an old Belgian and his wife, and in their company travelled safely through (he German lines into Holland. Upon the conclusion of her recital Miss Mack exhibited a fine series of films, illustrating the main points of interest embodied in the lecture.