CHÂTEAU-THIERRY PLUNDERED BY THE GERMANS.
When the Franco-American troops entered Château-Thierry, the town had been methodically sacked. The enemy emptied the houses of everything portable, including mattresses, metallic articles, etc. The churches were likewise despoiled. In the case of St. Crépin’s Church the Germans had not time to carry off the whole of the plunder. The photograph, p. 43, shows what was hurriedly left behind, part being packed in cases, the rest, including a fireman’s brass helmet stolen from the fire-station, lying scattered about.
THE FRENCH PRIME MINISTER, M. CLEMENCEAU, CONGRATULATING THE AMERICAN TROOPS ON THE BATTLEFIELD AT CHÂTEAU-THIERRY.
(From “l’Illustration.”)