On the afternoon of Sunday the 23rd August, 1914, I saw in Dinant the arm of a man thrust itself out from the first storey of the pharmacy. The hand held a pistol. The pistol was fired at us soldiers. The arm was wearing, as I plainly saw, the Red Cross band. I burst the door in with a pickaxe; there came out children, women, and an elderly man, and, last of all, the man with the Red Cross band. This man was taken to Colonel Francke, whilst the other civilians were detained in the corner of a house. We then rushed towards the church in which the inhabitants had been brought together. As I know for certain, we were fired on from the tower of the church. This could only have been done by the inhabitants; enemy troops were not to be seen the whole of the day. Read over, approved, signed. Signed: JOHANN GEORG SARING. The witness was thereupon sworn. Signed: NAUMANN. Signed: SCHWARZBACH. C. App. 18. Present: President of the Court, NAUMANN. Secretary to the Court, SCHWARZBACH. LA MALMAISON, _December 9th, 1914_. In the investigation of the violation of the international law committed against the German troops, there appeared as witness Corporal of the Reserve Einax, 11th Company, Infantry Regiment No. 182, who, after reference to the significance of the oath, was examined as follows: My name is Karl Hermann Einax. I am 28 years old; Protestant; cooper by trade; corporal since November 21st, 1914. On Sunday, August 23rd, 1914, during the second hour of the afternoon, as we advanced into Dinant, we were fired on. It turned out that the fire came from the other bank of the Meuse. We forced our way into the houses and searched them. I saw how an elderly man with grey bristly hair stepped out of a house, into which our comrades had forced an entrance, and fired at us. Major Lommatsch, who was severely wounded, died in the afternoon in consequence of the wound. On interrogation: I then plainly saw that eight gun-barrels projected from the attic windows of a house in the main street and were directed at us. From the tower of the church and from cellars we were also fired on. All this was done by the inhabitants only. I remember distinctly that eight men were brought out of a house from which there had been firing, amongst them the pastor with a Red Cross band on his arm. Read over, approved, signed. Signed: KARL HERMANN EINAX. Witness was thereupon sworn. Signed: NAUMANN. Signed: SCHWARZBACH. C. App. 19. EXTRACT from Reports of Field Artillery Regiment No. 12. August 23rd, 1914. Regimental Staff. As our infantry was hindered in the advance into Dinant by franc-tireur fighting, the town was bombarded and set on fire by the regiment. 1st Detachment.