The Independent . Inlcrnaluial Film THE WORK OK GERMAN SHELLS At Albert, Belprium. a beautiful church tower crumbling into ruins eral beautifulpieces of statu-ary, and some ofthe pulpits, whilethe priests car-ried the woundedto places ofsafety. One thousandtwo hundred andfifty - five shellshave fallen in thecity, more than150 of which —the sacristan in-formed us — hadstruck the cathe-dral, marring itsmarvtelous statu-ary, . spire andgargoyles. Oneshell which pene-trated the heavyinterior roof fellnear the altar, spattering its splintersof steel thru the woodwork, destroyingmany sacred pictures
The Independent . Inlcrnaluial Film THE WORK OK GERMAN SHELLS At Albert, Belprium. a beautiful church tower crumbling into ruins eral beautifulpieces of statu-ary, and some ofthe pulpits, whilethe priests car-ried the woundedto places ofsafety. One thousandtwo hundred andfifty - five shellshave fallen in thecity, more than150 of which —the sacristan in-formed us — hadstruck the cathe-dral, marring itsmarvtelous statu-ary, . spire andgargoyles. Oneshell which pene-trated the heavyinterior roof fellnear the altar, spattering its splintersof steel thru the woodwork, destroyingmany sacred pictures, but leaving un-harmed the crucifix, and its symbolismof the supreme agony. It would seemto indicate that the brave heroes of thisdreadful tragedy are giving their livesin the same spirit that the Saviour gaveHis, as a sacrifice for humanity, to es-cape the hell of German triumph andtyranny. The palace of the archbishop, whichadjoined the cathedral, is a mass ofindistinguishable wreckage. We passedthru desert
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