ittle;
the thefts there were not very important. But a great number of houses
were pillaged. The house of Comte d'Orsetti, which is situated
opposite to the palace, was literally sacked, principally by
non-commissioned officers. Plate, jewelry, and valuables were
collected in the courtyard of the chateau, examined, inventoried, and
packed up, and were then loaded in two removal vans on which had been
placed the Red Cross flag.

Application was made to Capt. Schroeder to put an end to the burglary
and the scandalous orgy which was going on in the villa, and at last
he went to the place; but after having glanced at the interior of the
pillaged houses he went off again, saying, "It is war, and besides I
have no time."

On Sept. 4 a soldier, who had gone to pass the night at the house
where Mme. X. was concierge, drove the husband with several of the
former's relations out of the house, threatening them with his rifle,
and then obliged Mme. X. to pass the night with him.

At Trumilly, where they remained from the 2d to the 4th of September,
the Germans pillaged the commune and carried off the product of their
theft in artillery wagons as well as in carriages. The first day, Mme.
Huet, on whom were billeted a part of the staff of the Nineteenth
Regiment of Hanover Dragoons and a great number of soldiers, saw a
non-commissioned officer take possession of a box containing her
jewels to the value of about 10,000 francs. She went to complain to
the Colonel, who contented himself with saying, with a smile, "I am
sorry, Madame, it is war."

On the 3d of September the advance troops had left, but stragglers
remained in the country. One of them, a soldier of the Ninety-first
Regiment of Infantry, on whose medal was engraved the name of "Ahne,"
stole in Mme. Huet's house 115 francs from the servants, 300 francs
from the mistress of the house, and 400 francs from M. Cornillet. This
man then went to the house of Mme. X., whose husband was with the
colors, and forced this woman to submit to him by threatening her with
his revolver.

During the occupation of the commune by the Germans M. Cornillet, the
victim of one of the thefts of which we have just spoken, had an
officer billeted upon him. After the departure of this guest he
discovered that the sum of 150 francs, which had been placed in the
wardrobe of the room in which the German had slept, had disappeared.
Finally M. Colas, an old man of 70, was searched in the street by a