(d) Notebook of the Private Philipp, (from Kamenz, Saxony, First Company, First Battalion, 178th Regiment.) On the day indicated above--Aug. 23--a private of the same regiment was the witness of a scene similar to that just described; perhaps, the same scene, but the point of view is different.--At 10 o'clock in the evening the First Battalion of the 178th came down into the burning village to the north of Dinant--a saddening spectacle--to make one shiver. At the entrance to the village lay the bodies of some fifty citizens, shot for having fired upon our troops from ambush. In the course of the night many others were shot down in like manner, so that we counted more than two hundred. Women and children, holding their lamps, were compelled to assist at this horrible spectacle. We then sat down midst the corpses to eat our rice, as we had eaten nothing since morning. (Fig. 4.) [Illustration: Figure 4.] Here is a military picture fully outlined, and worthy to compete in the Academy of Fine Arts of Dresden. But one passage of the text is somewhat obscure and might embarrass the artist--"Women and children, holding their lamps, were compelled to assist at this horrible spectacle." What spectacle?--the shooting, or the counting of the corpses? To get some certainty on this historic point, the artist should question that noble soldier--the Colonel of the 178th. His work of that night, however, was in accord with the spirit of his companions in arms, and of his chiefs. We may assure ourselves of this by consulting the Sixth Report of the Belgian Commission of Inquiry upon, the violation of the rules of the law of nations (Havre, Nov. 10, 1914) and the ignoble proclamations placarded by the Germans throughout Belgium. I will content myself with three short extracts. Extract from a proclamation of General von Bülow, placarded at Liège, Aug. 22, 1914: The inhabitants of the city of Andenne, after having protested their peaceful intentions, were guilty of a treacherous surprise upon our troops. It was with my consent that the General in Chief set fire to the whole locality, and that about one hundred persons were shot. (The Belgian report controverts the accusation against the inhabitants of Andenne of having taken hostile measures against the German troops, and adds: "As a matter of fact, more than two hundred persons were shot"--almost everything was ravaged. For a distance of at least three leagues the houses were destroyed by fire.) Extract from a proclamation of Major Dieckmann, placarded at Grivegnée, Sept. 8, 1914: Any one not responding instantly to the command "raise your arms" is subject to the penalty of death. Extract from proclamation of Marshal Baron von der Goltz, placarded at Brussels, Oct. 5, 1914: