No War like this has raged before. The present War affects crores
of people. It is not one or two crores. Germans set fire to many
city, slaughter and throw away all the people, the children, the
women and the old. The small country Belgium is almost destroyed.
Each town has buildings fifty to hundred times more valuable than
those in Madras city.
In many towns, the people of the towns themselves blow off the
supports of the bridges over rivers, leave them hanging in mid
air, spread gunpowder all over the streets, lay mines and cover
them up and remain ready to flee. When enemies come, the bridges
fall and half of them are carried off by the current of the river
and when the rest enter the city, the dwellers themselves burn
the city and flee. When streets are ablaze, the enemies try to
escape but the iron wires get round their legs and they perish,
unable to run away.
