The Independent . eamerHealdton. French and Britishoccupy territory evacuated by Ger-mans. March 22—American Ambassador atPetrograd is first to congratulatenew Russian Government. Austriansshell Gorizia. March 23—Grand Duke Nicholas re-moved from command. French at-tack Bulgars north of Monastir,Serbia. March 2^—President orders AmericanRelief Commissioners to leave Bel-gium. British take Roisel. March 25—Germans gain on Ru-manian front. French take outerforts of La Fere. were giving up, for in it fighting will nowtake place and we could leave nothing inthe hands of the enemy. So we were force
The Independent . eamerHealdton. French and Britishoccupy territory evacuated by Ger-mans. March 22—American Ambassador atPetrograd is first to congratulatenew Russian Government. Austriansshell Gorizia. March 23—Grand Duke Nicholas re-moved from command. French at-tack Bulgars north of Monastir,Serbia. March 2^—President orders AmericanRelief Commissioners to leave Bel-gium. British take Roisel. March 25—Germans gain on Ru-manian front. French take outerforts of La Fere. were giving up, for in it fighting will nowtake place and we could leave nothing inthe hands of the enemy. So we were forced to destroy roads, rail-roads, wells, buildings of value for militarypurposes, depots, even whole cities. It hasbeen hard, too, for the French population,but that is the fault of their the men of military age we took backwith us. The rest we have turned over totheir countrymen and they are now inFrench hands. I know we will be accusedagain of barbarism, but we are fighting forour THE GERMAN RETREATThe greatest change that has been made inFrance since the war began is shown on thismap. The Germans have evacuated the anglenearest Paris and retired to a new and straighterline some twenty miles to the rear Such an apology, however, will dolittle to mitigate the indignation ex-cited by the descriptions of the harrow-ing scenes witnessed by the corre-spondents who entered the devastatedterritory for, in addition to the destruc-tion necessary to impede military op-erations, there were evidences * on allsides of malicious mischief and wantoncruelty. Towns and villages, farm-houses and chateaux, were pillagedand burned. Furniture was broken,mirrors and pictures shattered, andcrockery smashed. Carts and farmingimplements were cut up. The largetrees which line the roads were sawnthru and the fruit trees were cut of the wells are reported to havebeen poisoned with arsenic; otherswere filled up with filth. Bridges were,of course, destroyed and a
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