. Thrilling stories of the Great War on land and sea, in the air, under the water. h they have invaded, and they do notspare in their murderous rage women, old men, orchildren. The wholesale shootings at Luneville, Ger-beviller, Nomeny, and Senlis are terrible examples ofthis; and in the course of this report you will read thestory of scenes of carnage in which officers themselveshave not been ashamed to take part. HORRIBLE CASES OF RAPE Of the criminal attempts on women cited in thereport two of the most horrible occurred in the Depart-ment of Seine-et-Marne. Frightful scenes occurred at the
. Thrilling stories of the Great War on land and sea, in the air, under the water. h they have invaded, and they do notspare in their murderous rage women, old men, orchildren. The wholesale shootings at Luneville, Ger-beviller, Nomeny, and Senlis are terrible examples ofthis; and in the course of this report you will read thestory of scenes of carnage in which officers themselveshave not been ashamed to take part. HORRIBLE CASES OF RAPE Of the criminal attempts on women cited in thereport two of the most horrible occurred in the Depart-ment of Seine-et-Marne. Frightful scenes occurred at the Chateau de in the neighborhood of La Ferte-Gaucher. There livedthere an old gentleman, M. X., with his servant, , 54 years old. On Sept. 5 several Germans, amongwhom was a non-commissioned officer, were in occupa-tion of this property. After they had been suppliedwith food, the non-commissioned officer proposed toa refugee, a Mme. Z., that she should sleep with him;she refused. M. X., to save her from the designs ofwhich she was the object, sent her to his farm, which152.
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