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, , OEOPLE souie~ tind f~~t wi.h
the ~ublica~on. of stori~ l of Ger"
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of)~ra..nce, lfld Bel!1iu ; They say tht~ ,
!.t,SJn""e things only stir up hate, -lvhich IS
unworthy"rwd ,un-C ristian, , ~pd that
by spr.eadilig these lif;ories ab~ad we
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niake ourselves as bad as ~li.e Gilrm:).ns
witb' their ."Hymn -'p f Hit,t e.'I'
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might be inclined , tdl agree with·' this,
opinion if the Germlln atrocities wer~
simpl I' the !result of the. mad
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bat'tie or tpe rage of, the '
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, atroclOUS thingS afte~ the Rt.,trnirl!'
I Ba,dajoz,r 1?ut .W ellington pUi[jishe(IPtl'l~
j: culp'ri ts With t~e
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I i tll8SC things are done quite dellib!!(,a .tcl;y
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That the Spaniards shall noj miss
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WalrDU)!! from ~~'l: fate of 9ther!1.
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thf tortures inflici;ed! 1I1
on the' Wbu~(led-,~offifer wnose, tale
lqo!n'!'i~Â¥er 2~~~~~~~l
,told "bove 'were not the outCome
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mer.e· ,mad passion. ~ 'l{he peopJ e '
g,o"~rn I Ger~any .a d cOD,lmandln,l~~5I U:~:~~~
" I(,erma~ armIes dehl:i tately allow
!, ' tbings to be done-ihdeed, order
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and giv~ , ~Jw rcason in cold blobd.
cording to the GeJ;man .
abominab1e crueltiesJ ~rod!lce
' :~ect ," Eng~ish poop-Ie give
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' ma ~s ~?em~lves t t they ppirpc.seIY,j II'
'. trei!'t lour pnsoners arshly;
, ~ ve ~hem scanty foQd , and
sands have died iQ '~he I'n·:. u\1
m consequence. If It' is
, G¢r~aris to publish thesi
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to' 'f~J ght~,ll the Spaniards, it
fur us to publish them in ,
1,lle Brj~~s/:l people may
en e~y tUE}y are fightibg is as ~re;~~~~J,
[brutal,
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m~ n s so Ilonlf as the.y
same frame of minll!
story of G,erm~n cru~lty
duty to make it wiaely kn9WD .
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stride.n'cy, .still
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• 1 urrying/
the lighted Jwatet"I' ward. thO'
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ws. then tllat thole i'l the .des; ci rculatiAg 'n ,,~pail'i, , theY bo~st
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' \. : dtJ.iccr'\VhQ~WaS; a Ger,man pl'isop~t an~
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' has been xchanged. H e , was shq~
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I ' ,i Battle I,of Laos, and, jleft on tIle fi ~I ~1
I wlrep our. men re~eat~d: An En ghsli:
doctor '- sta:ved' ', with j hlp:! , and wasj
' kneeling beside him \>inding u~
his wou rids when , a' German soldiet
came along and shot , him,
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nnd \left him for dead . H e
'wants picked;
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stl'lpped of a11 hiS cloth es but
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a Ilcl left to lie for three days and lJ,', glJl"~
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Iyocmded , . was carried
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