A German who was carrying a silver pyx and a number of
boxes of cigars told us we were to go to the station, where
trains would be waiting for us. When we got to the Place de la
Station we saw in the square seven or eight dead bodies of
murdered civilians. Not a single house in the place was
standing. A whole row of houses behind the station at Blauwput
was burned. After being driven hither and thither interminably
by officers, who treated us roughly and insulted us
throughout, we were divided."
The prisoners were then distributed between different bodies of troops
and marched in the direction of Herent. Seventy-seven inhabitants of
Louvain, including a number of people of good position, (the names of
several are given,) were thus taken to Herent.
"We found the village of Herent in flames, so much so that we
had to quicken up to prevent ourselves from being suffocated
and burned up by the flames in the middle of the road.
Half-burned corpses of civilians were lying in front of the
houses. During a halt soldiers stole cattle and slaughtered
them where they stood.
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