erable acts of violence were
committed. The wife of a soldier, Mme. X., was raped by a German
soldier in the passage of the house of her parents, while her mother
was obliged to flee at the bayonet's point.

On Aug. 29 Sister Julie, Mother Superior of the hospital, whose
devotion has been admirable, went to the parish church with a
mobilized priest to examine the state of the interior of the building,
and found that an attempt had been made to break through the steel
door of the tabernacle. The Germans had fired shots around the lock in
order to get possession of the ciborium. The door was broken through
in several places, and the bullets had caused almost symmetrical
holes, which proved that the shots had been fired point blank. When
Sister Julie opened the tabernacle she found the ciborium pierced with
bullet holes.

The excesses and crimes which were committed at Gerbeviller were
principally the work of the Bavarians. The troops which committed them
were under the command of the German General, Clauss, whose brutality
has been brought to our notice in other places.

On the 22d of August the Germans burned part of the village of Crevic,
using torches and rockets. Seventy-six houses were burned, including
in particular that of Gen. Lyautey, which the fire-raisers had
entered, led by an officer, crying aloud: "We want Mme. and Mlle.
Lyautey in order to cut their throats." A Captain, leveling his
revolver at M. Voigin's throat, threatened to shoot him and throw him
into the flames, together with one of his fellow-citizens, "whose
brains," he said, "we have already blown out." He was alluding to the
death of an old gentleman, M. Liegey, 78 years of age, whose body was
found in the ruins with a bullet wound under his chin. The officer
added, "Come and see the property of Gen. Lyautey, who is in
Morocco--it is burning." Meanwhile a workman named Gerard was forced
at the bayonet's point to go up to his garret. The Germans set fire to
a heap of forage and obliged Gerard to remain near the blaze. When the
soldiers were driven out by the intolerable heat, Gerard was able to
escape through a little opening, but he had had one cheek already
badly burned.

At Deuxville, where the enemy willfully set fire to fifteen houses,
the Mayor, Bajole, and the cure, Thiriet, were arrested. L'Abbe
Marchal, cure of Crion, saw them both in his parish in the hands of
the Germans; he approached his colleague and asked the reason of his
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