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German General Describes Atrocities Claim Debate
American reporter E Alexander Powell narrates a field visit with General von Boehn of the Ninth Army. Powell repeats brutal accounts he heard about Belgian villages and Louvain, Antwerp, and Aerschot, while the general defends German conduct and offers a counterview to Allied atrocity claims. Thompson the photographer documents the advancing columns and a field gun fires during a staged photo sequence.
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E. Alexander Powell
Chicago Tribune
Ninth Sm
Chateau Lafere
Renalsz
Igium
Helgium
von Boehn
Ninth Imperial Field Arn
Fierdan Ceneral
Ghent
van Hee
Jon Hoekn
General von Moola
Alenander
Powell
van Heweld
le Ghent
Cenerel
Donald Thompson
Maysell
Deutsche Kreiger Zeitung
America
Feld
Thompson
Wastot
Aerschot
Aerechot
Gireon
Hruseels
Louvain
Fort Riley
Toupee Tal Koard
Vera Crus
Haling
Iuperial