HUN WRECKERS AT WORK.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14711, 17 September 1918, Page 3

HUN WRECKERS AT WORK.

LONDON, July 29. Accumulated evidence shows that during their brief stay m the. Marne salient the Germans have been indulging again m wholesale acts of vandalism. . lii, a message sent from French headquarters. Reuter's correspondent gjves details pf their conduct while m possession of Chateau-Thierrv.

When they found they would have to give up the itdwn, the"Cermans determined to take the only vengeanc < m their power. Tlie injuries which have been inflicted on the town are such as could not be the result of shellimr. the corraspondent points out, as those houses which suffered most were entirely uninjured by shell, shrapnel or bullet. „ "These houses," he says, "were magnificently furnished, the walls hupcr with costly tapestry and pictures. To-day there is nothing thai has not heen destroyed. The tapestry has been backed to -pieces, the pictures slit, from corner to corner, the leather and other chaircoverings have been ripped and all the irreplaceable examples of crafisman«di ; n' of past centuries have been smashed: There is not a mirror which lias not been broken, and the glass and cV>>nn fluns: at them lie m fragments before them. Costly carpets have been soiled and rent m every possible wav, and ink-pots flung. at the silken papers" on the walls. This vengeful fury has been carried even to the extent of smashing nurseries and doll houses. The fashion m which beds and rooms have been defiled is difficult of description.