Entrained Austrian and German troops who came from the Yser,
presumably on the way east, were a sight very comforting for the
people of Brussels, on account of the depressed bearing of the men.
Their uniforms were soiled and tattered, and they looked worried.
The spectators remembered the former haughty and ardent look of the
same men.
The troops wore flowers in their helmets, and had written on the car
sides "To St. Petersburg," but they could not raise a single "Hoch!"
among them.
The wounded continue to pour into Ghent. The town council is so
pressed for money it has imposed taxes on beer, fuel, petroleum, and
yeast.