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Louvain Burning and Slaughter Across Belgian Streets
Reports from Rotterdam Antwerp and London recount German destruction in Louvain with streets lined by corpses and buildings aflame. Eyewitness accounts describe civilians shot in the streets as German troops torched houses and universities. The Belgian minister reports a disorderly withdrawal followed by deliberate city destruction and mass killings.
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Chicago
the Tribune
Rotterdam
H. W. Rutgers
Louvain
Aliva
Germany
Telegraf
Germania
Jruthhman
Hell
London
Morning Post
Terneuzed
Holland
Chyta
Rulna
Antwerp
War Bureau
British War Information Bureau
St. Pierre
Low Countries
E. Alexander Powell
Hotel de Ville
Europe
University
Martin V