Franz of the 11th Company of the regiment, who was shot through the leg from a cellar window. The civilian was fetched out of the cellar by Captain Lücke of the 9th Company of the regiment, single-handed, and, as he was caught with a weapon in his hand, was immediately shot. In the course of further operations six men of the battalion were killed and a larger number were wounded in the interior of the town, in places, in fact, where the fire of the troops on the other side of the Meuse could not have reached them. The losses were to be ascribed solely to the attack of the inhabitants. From the circumstance that Belgian military rifles were found with the greater number of the prisoners and Belgian infantry cartridges in their pockets, it may be concluded that Belgian soldiers, after discarding their uniforms, had also taken part in the attack. Hunting-rifles, obsolete and modern pistols were found in the possession of the others. Whether women or children participated in the fighting is beyond my knowledge; at any rate, none were intentionally shot. I had given the order to hand over all women and children to the abbot of the monastery in Leffe; this was also done. How many civilians were shot in the street-fighting, I am unable to state. The correctness of the foregoing statements can be testified to by numerous persons belonging to the battalion who have taken part in the fighting. Quarters of Infantry Regiment No. 178, _March 3rd, 1915_. Present: President of the Military Court, SCHWEINITZ. Secretary to the Military Court, LIPS. In the inquiry concerning occurrences in Dinant there appeared as witness Major Fränzel, who stated: As to Person: My name is Georg Friedrich Artur Fränzel. I am 45 years of age; Protestant; Major and Battalion Commander, Infantry Regiment No. 178. As to Case: On the reading over of the report of the 14th February 1915 on the fighting at Leffe: This report originated from me. I still hold to-day to its contents. I still emphasise expressly that only men were shot, no women and children. Read over, approved, signed. Signed: FRÄNZEL. The witness was thereupon sworn. Signed: SCHWEINITZ. Signed: LIPS. C. App. 26. 6th Company, Infantry Regiment No. 178. _February 14th, 1915._ _Report._ On the night of the 22nd August 1914, after its assembly at Thynes-les-Dinant, the 32nd Infantry Division marched by the so-called Leffe lower road to the northern suburb of Dinant. On the 23rd August, towards 5 o'clock in the forenoon, a halt was made about 1500 metres east of the spot where this way enters the Meuse Valley road; the cartridge waggons were emptied and the colours were unfurled for the first time in the campaign. There the first command to attack was given. The 64th Infantry Brigade deployed on the heights to the north of the lower road.