THE RELENTLESS MANNER IN WHICH THE GERMANS HAVE ADHERED TO THEIR BASE POLICY OF WANTON DESTRUCTION IN FRANCE IS WELL EXEMPLIFIED IN THE FATE OF LASSIGNY, NOW LITTLE MORE THAN A HEAP OF RUINS. This act of sacrilege on Germany’s part, like others of a similar nature, has caused the gallant French soldiers to vow vengeance upo transgressed all the laws and the sword will not be sheathed until the Huns pay the penalty for their outrageous conduct. In the case of Lassigny Church, this sacred building was de before an enforced retreat necessitated by the constant pressure of the French troops. Soldiers of France passing this once beautiful edifice, but now a mass of wreckage, on their way to the front feeling of intense sadness upon witnessing the complete destruction wrought by thefindish Huns, notwithstanding the fact that during the past three years their eyes have become accustomed to a and ravages associated with this cruel war.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1429, 13 September 1917, Page 20

THE RELENTLESS MANNER IN WHICH THE GERMANS HAVE ADHERED TO THEIR BASE POLICY OF WANTON DESTRUCTION IN FRANCE IS WELL EXEMPLIFIED IN THE FATE OF LASSIGNY, NOW LITTLE MORE THAN A HEAP OF RUINS. This act of sacrilege on Germany’s part, like others of a similar nature, has caused the gallant French soldiers to vow vengeance upo transgressed all the laws and the sword will not be sheathed until the Huns pay the penalty for their outrageous conduct. In the case of Lassigny Church, this sacred building was de before an enforced retreat necessitated by the constant pressure of the French troops. Soldiers of France passing this once beautiful edifice, but now a mass of wreckage, on their way to the front feeling of intense sadness upon witnessing the complete destruction wrought by thefindish Huns, notwithstanding the fact that during the past three years their eyes have become accustomed to a and ravages associated with this cruel war.