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Show ,;I11II0IS GIRL ' EYEWITNESS TO HORROHSJDF WAR Marguerite Uyttebroeck Loses Father, Brothers and Sisters in the Sacking Sack-ing of Louvam ACCUSES GERMANS OF AWFUL CRIMES t Declares Fifty Old Men Were Lined Up and Shot, Women Attacked and , - Homes Burned By W OETON TEWSON f J ItSK Ctb br Arrangement wl h London Dal y i Te eg aph and n ml ona Jsew Serr . LONDON Sept 11 This is the story io Marguer te Uyttebroeck who 1 ved through the sa kim. of Louvam and reached London toda en route to the tow n where she v, as born Assumpt on 111 the youngest ch Id of a f am ly number nc n ne Marguer te aged 19 is sure that only her aged mother who was with her s al e Three weeks ago all her brothers and sisters were together w th the r parents in a farm house on the outskirts of Lou ain Aly mother and father began the gjrl went to the Ln ted States from Bejginm t entj f ve jears ago and set tied at Assumpt on 111 We farmed there but a year ago we all moved back to Lou a n where father bought a. farm outs de the t and renewed oia- acq a ntances Two of my brothers and I had been plann ng to return to linos n ugust but when the war cane ie deeded to stay w th our parents Germans Enter Louvam There was fight ng bejond Louvain the whole day and n ht before the Belnan sold ers began to run through the town w th the oerraans hot on the trail. We all h d at f rst and watched the pursuit between the shutters but when the f rst scare was over we sat on. the doorsteps and enjo e I the pa rade of the German sold ers w th their bands playing and the r j,ood order Nobody had an dea the would harm us and t was almost 1 ke go ng to a theater to see them march b They d d not pav any attent on to s for a time but when the 'old ers were d smissed thev began gett no drunk Then things beca e bad I was at a friend s house n the c t and the first thine I knew the house next loor was OS fire When we tr ed to r sh o t into the street bullets a ne aga nst the doo like ha 1 Slaying Begins My g rl fr end s father and mother were killed n the r own et bule We turned arounl and rnn psta rs to the 1' attic and sta ed there unt 1 flan es be gan com ug through th alls Then we got on the roof and 1 n b 1 alon h over other roots to the enl of the street got down th outrh a house and out nto the back j,ar len o er the wall and bean to r u throu h th 1 el is toward n v hou e All of a sudden we sa on ng o er the h 11 n ore Ge an sold ers It was in a haj f eld We both s ran bled n dcr stacks of ha e saw a o ng ' i man runn ng pa t I houted to h m i to bur) h se t uder he ha stack d for the German h an boJ who ran 3i He d 1 not top anl a nstant later he fell leal We wateJ unt 1 the sold ers passed the went on It was dark We ran almost nto two Lilians Jne of the had an elec 4 tr torch He tlashe 1 t n m fa e i an I ake 1 m whe e I was go ng ' Whe olS hu n Lngl sh that I was go ng to u e he a d f I f w)s Fngl sh I to i h I was -tn , Amer an bu 1 e on a f, 1 If was go np to o nt wh 1 ho , took f gh at n n h n he 1 h m onto the g oun I an unu h n The other Lh an al o an r e 1 a someth ng e o 1 n n le ta 1 an 1 ' I he sp rel p h ho 1 J a , peareJ , Family Separated Whi I a e h n Germans 1 k brothe p a art k n 5 away w e no j we we e k h ' otl er o an e c rode o n tl e n - ho se n VI o the so a y w kednei n a I aw m t ey e g r fa dozen so i w m b 1 Wh b n c e g 2 I sudden m n p e p p apegamrr o we n an m P ' can p o f, a a n k k p and n k k I ' . t e a da an n B a Dead in the Streets T u d ' wunle u h t en m ah k aft e; P K n t I i v- m n n n rr . 1 Ik k ft i a A n 1 rl b k v I fa he h n t h we I ask i 1 b n n d k d n f o n d explained tlat a 1 the s recta of Louvain were paved tvlth obnientunew and It would b too mu h bo er to bury hfm 1- t by mnrch ng t em t the ta Ion turf for graven wh dote at hand A great many t zen lal boen ed rl nem in th ourt yarj of the n 1 ool It jg t naybe fat er and my brot) ers w" h got the Red Cross k n ere , t ft co rt vard and pen Impse of the no d opped to ho a es It took a a k k Am ntand p so I rn and brothern we e n h ti w a ft away from Lo h f catt p cars w p Ive Ften h n i I m n te y U Lu k I uake to oh e where after eight lays my mother a d I got to Amsterdam and thenco to Fngland If the Belgian commission wants eye witness proof of at ocltles In lxuvaln I an tell tie hp a nes of women wl om I saw at a ked an tl en th own Into a fire and her thl gs pven worxc The gl w I her mother wl I sail to norrow on I o Megantlc |