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Show SCHOOL GIRL'S DIARY GRAPHIC1R STORY Tells How Germans Were Furious at Setback Received Re-ceived in Belgium Spe- a Cab oh A angemeo w i London Dai y T egraph a d n m ona Newi Berrloe ) 1 ON DON Aug 16 A remarkable . h nog a b o y of tl e stirring events I on t e f e s presented by the diary f M nb I d ns an English girl of an e onvent school at hou n en Belgium Follow ng a e e p f om the diary 4.ugus A he peop e are furnish ng ows a e o ses and hay which h a o d to hend to the Belgian j an a 1 e T e f rst Prussian oors n o t e age toda Aga M. e roops arriving The P us ns n ou convent some in' he park and o he s n beds in the recrea on ooms T e e e end mother put e er -th ng a e r d sposal They acted n y b t ga the Impress on that if e were refu ed t ey would take more W a! w nt o led at 10 o clock but e erybod got he alarm to dress ha f an hour af e wa d We came down and found t e p ace fu of Germans who were ex eed ng y po te They are mag n f cent T e meanest sold er is per fe ly equ pped e erything Is perfectly new and they ha e splend d horses. They a e ke heater so diers they are so per fe t. They were very nice when I ta ked to them Augus 4 Be ween Monday and Tues day he e was a terr b e f ght between the Germans and the Eelg ans at se be cause he Belg ans wou d not let the Germans pass to Liege The Belgians b ew up several bridges August a The German sold ers w ere i here a da but they were verj polite ' They a ways bow and salute. We hear a terrific no se at V se as of a bombard ment A wounded man was brought to the convent. August 6 A curate near here has been i shot. The Germans are very nice If you I give them what they want, but if they are refused the pistol comes out. O d Mother Therese was at the door when some soldiers asked her for a kettle She refused and one nearly shot her August 7 A most fearful no se was heard at 2 o clock They say a fort was blown up A German aeroplane passed over here yesterday The sold ers are camping in the woods. There are seven wounded here and others have been taken to Alx la Chapelle August 8 Two women and two men have arrived from L ege. Those poor per sons vi nessed awful sights when they csossed the field covered with dead. We have heard that Berneau is burned and that women and chi dren have been hanged The Germans are furious at hav Ing ost such a number of men before even seeing the French August Aeroplanes passed right over us and seemed to drop something white. The soldiers are going about in bands destroying and laying waste every house and garden. They set a house on fire near the convent. There are 400 000 soldiers between here and Neulane. August 10 There was a terrific crash at the door and four German officers in a motor pointed revolvers and asked for wine. We had a fearful fright. After dinner an oficer came and asked us where the curate "was Miss McMahon had to lead him to the rector's house with a revolver pointed at her back and all the way houses on either side are burning The nuns asked the German officers If they would spare the convent. As soon as thej had gone the nuns woke us up and we started flying by the back road. |