One man I met assisted to bury 500 Germans in front of a single trench.
"I do not believe Brussels is mined; but if ever the Germans got into Paris they would destroy the whole city before they left.
"I shudder to think what the Germans will suffer at the hands of the Belgians when once the rout of the Germans has been begun by the Allies.

The Belgians are unreconciled, and if they ever get weapons in their hands--well, I will not predict, I will just tell you one fact: I traveled the length and breadth of the land, saw the women and the children sitting by their ruined hearthstones, but I never saw a tear on the cheek of a Belgian.".