+------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Notes | | | | Passages in italics are indicated by _italics_. Passages in bold | | are indicated by $bold$. Passages in small caps are shown in | | upper case without explicit indication. Superscripted characters | | are indicated by ^x (x is a single character) or ^{st} (st | | stands for multiple characters). A list of changes is at the end | | of the book. | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ German Atrocities from German evidence STUDIES AND DOCUMENTS ON THE WAR German Atrocities from German evidence by JOSEPH BÉDIER Professor at the "Collège de France" _Translated by BERNHARD HARRISON_ [Illustration] LIBRAIRIE ARMAND COLIN 103, Boulevard Saint-Michel, PARIS, 5^e. 1915 German Atrocities from German evidence _Pudor inde et miseratio._ Tacitus. I intend to prove that the German armies cannot wholly escape from the reproach of sometimes violating the law of nations, and I mean to prove my case according to French custom from absolutely trust worthy sources. I shall make use only of documents most rigorously examined, and I have taken care to criticize their text as minutely as if in times of peace I were questioning the authority of some old chronicle or the genuineness of some old chart. And I shall do so perhaps from professional habit, perhaps impelled by an inward longing to get at the truth, in any case for the good of the case I am pleading: for these pages are intended for every one; for the casual reader, for the indifferent, and indeed for the enemy of my country. I wish that the casual reader who may by chance open this pamphlet in an idle moment should be struck by the genuineness of the documents, if he has eyes to see, just as their sordid character will touch his heart, if he has a heart that feels.