Content note: Repeats First World War atrocity stories, including invented ones, and their wording. This object is shown as it was published. Why
The Fall of Antwerp.
November 1914.
When the fall of Antwerp got known, the church bells were rung (meaning in Germany).
Kolttische Zeitung.
According to the Kolniscbe Zeitung, the clergy of Antwerp were compelled to ring the church bells when the fortress was taken.
he Matin.
According to what he Matin has heard from Cologne, the Belgian priests who refused to ring the church ^lls when Antwerp was taken have been driven away from their places.
Tbe Times.
According to what Tbe Times has heard from Cologne via Paris, the unfortunate Belgian priests who refused to ring the church bells when Antwerp was taken have been sentenced to hard labour.
Corriere della Sera.
According to information to the Corriere della Sera from Cologne via London, it is confirmed that the barbaric conquerors of Antwerp punished the unfortunate Belgian priests for their heroic refusal to ring the church bells by hanging them as living clappers to the bells with their heads down.
he Matin.
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Falsehood in War-Time, Arthur Ponsonby. Published in the United Kingdom in 1928, more than 95 years ago, so in the public domain in the United States. Ponsonby died in 1946, so the text is also in the public domain in countries that count the author's life plus 70 years. Provenance and rights.