Lehi Banner | 1914-08-22 | Page 7 | Castles to be Blown Up

i CASTLES TO BE BLOWN UP Great Buildings In Belgium Mined for Destruction on Approach of Enemy. Namur, Belgium. On arriving In Ntunur. I found a huge crowd of German Ger-man prlsoncrB, Bays Maurice Gerbe-clult Gerbe-clult In tho Chicago News. They were well equipped, but neemed demoralized, demora-lized, and would talk but little. Thej complained of having hnd insula-dent insula-dent food, and their appearance i.ug-gested i.ug-gested that tho complaint was Justified. Justi-fied. Tho German quartermaster department, de-partment, apparently, has been overtaxed. over-taxed. Military men here say that Teutonic marksmanship has been Inaccurate, In-accurate, tho artillery being slow in rectifying Ub aim. Tho German cavalry, cav-alry, however, Is first class, and ubl-qultouH, ubl-qultouH, burning farms and haystacks, ransacking post olllces, and overrunning overrun-ning tho spaces between tho forts, In Namur nil tho big trees havo been cut down or blown to pieces by dynamite, to prevent their use lu directing di-recting tho enemy's artillery ftro. The most beautiful castles and villas In tho valley of tho Meuse have been undermined, un-dermined, ready to bo blown up when thu enemy appeared. I havo seen Belgian Boldlers sleeping sleep-ing on velvet nnd Bilk curtains In the vlllaa. Tho owners do not caro, but feed their guests well, and treat them as If they woro their own children. Innumerablo trenches protected by barbed wlro havo been excavated by tho Belgian soldiers, assisted by workmen work-men from tho Idle factories, the engineers en-gineers and foremen cspeclull) rendering ren-dering splendid service. Tho Delglan olllcers nro nctuated by a high fighting fight-ing spirit, which is fully shared b their men. Tho soldiers declare that waiting In tho trenches for tho next battlp makes them nervous. The olllcers havo tro bio In restraining them from tnkln tho offonslvo, although they respect tho resoluto qualities of tho Invnders Tho captured German horses aro emaciated and weak. It Is estimated that the number oi French troops In thu Belgian province of Luxemburg Is 120,000. They nro received re-ceived with many demonstrations of joy. In marching they sing and adorn their gutiB with (lowers.