GERMAN MALICE.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14857, 3 September 1918, Page 5

GERMAN MALICE.

DESTRUCTION OF NOYON. '

ILL-TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association}

Part^ Sept. 1. The."Matin" states tna't the French troops traversed' Noyon at the double. No. soldiersjafein-iihe. i&im at present as they are. unable to stay-, crwing "tio dense douds o£ ,sml>ke .:wperßaiiging the plae&T . :-•".. ■ ;-■':..■' -^ "■■ '■ "■ ; •• '

After shelling : and destroying the greater pa»t of the town,-the Germans are now -sprinkling it ■•with* incendiary shells. • ••.■•■

Two French prisoners and 39 German deserters from Toul sought safety iin the French lines.

The Frenchmen stated that they were kept in bombarded positions -with matiy English, who were even worse treated, having to handle shells and dig.