The curé mentions that the Germans found the church door locked, broke it in, and then found no one there. At _Molenstede_, another village in the _Canton of Diest_, 32 houses were burnt and 11 civilians killed. In the whole Canton 226 houses were burnt, and 47 people killed in all. The Germans were also advancing by a more southerly road from Tongres through St. Trond. At _St. Trond_,[82] the first Uhlans killed 2 civilians in the street and wounded others. At _Budirgen_ they killed 2 civilians and burned 58 houses, at _Neerlinter_ one and 73. In the _Canton of Léau_ they killed 19 civilians altogether, and 174 houses were destroyed. At _Haekendover_, in the Canton of Tirlemont, they killed one civilian, burned 32 houses and pillaged 150 (out of 220 in all). At _Tirlemont_ itself, they killed three civilians and burned 60 houses. At _Hougaerde_,[83] when they entered the village, they drove the curé of Autgaerde before them as a screen, and he was killed by the first bullet from the Belgian troops, who were defending the road from behind a barricade. Four civilians were killed at Hougaerde, 100 houses pillaged, and 50 destroyed. In the whole _Canton of Tirlemont_ the Germans killed 18 civilians, and burned 212 houses down. At _Bunsbeek_ they killed 4 people and burned 20 houses, at _Roosbeek_ 3 and 42. “After Roosbeek,” a German diarist notes,[84] “we began to have an idea of the war; houses burnt, walls pierced by bullets, the face of the tower carried away by shells, and so on. A few isolated crosses marked the graves of the victims.” At _Kieseghem_[85] the Germans used civilians as a screen again, and killed two more when they entered the village. At _Attenrode_ they killed 6 civilians and burned 17 houses, at _Lubbeck_ 15 and 46. In the _Canton of Glabbeek_ 35 civilians were killed from first to last, and 140 houses destroyed. (ii) _Aerschot._