The German Army in Belgium, the White Book of May 1915Germany. Auswärtiges Amt
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The German Army in Belgium, the White Book of May 1915
Germany. Auswärtiges Amt
World War, 1914-1918 -- Atrocities; World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
Private Jentsch states in general the same as the witness,
Non-commissioned Officer Macher,[2] except that he actually only saw
a great pool of blood on a floor; the dead German soldier, of whom he
had heard, had already been concealed. He does not now know to which
company he belonged. On the same day, according to his statement, a
further batch of four civilians were shot because they had attacked a
sentry of Infantry Regiment No. 182. These people were fetched out of
an underground passage. The order was given by Lieutenant Tränker.
[Footnote 2: See App. 29.]
In the military school about 400 men in civilian clothes were guarded.
These were well looked after, and were also later on allowed to receive
their relations. On the fourth day we were relieved by Reserve Infantry
Regiment No. 106.
Signed: LUCIUS, 1st Lieutenant and Company Leader.
_Deposition._
Present:
Lieutenant THOMAS, as Officer of the Court.
Acting-Sergeant-Major LANGE, as Clerk of the Military Court.
There appeared as witness Private Jentsch, who, after the reading over
of the preceding report, made the following statement:
As to Person: My name is Karl Albin Richard Jentsch. I am 22 years old;
Protestant; private, 8th Company, Infantry Regiment No. 178.
As to Case: I maintain the correctness of my statements.
The witness was thereupon sworn.
Read over, approved, signed.
Signed: JENTSCH.
Signed: THOMAS. Signed: LANGE.
C. App. 38.
Present:
Military Magistrate, HUNERSDORF.
Military Court Secretary, MÜLLER, Clerk of the Military Court.
CORBENY, _December 12th, 1914_.
In the investigation concerning the violations of International Law
committed against German troops, there appeared as witness Captain
Nitze, who, after reference to the significance of the oath, was
examined as follows:
As to Person: My name is Otto Hermann Oswald Nitze. I am 34 years old;
Protestant; Company Leader, Machine-Gun Company, Infantry Regiment No.
177.
As to Case: On August 23rd, 1914, as we were marching into Leffe, I
found myself several hundred metres in front of the company, and was
all at once fired at from the surrounding houses.
I first rode back to the company and confirmed the order already given
to bring the houses under fire. I then rode to the Detachment Leader,
Lieutenant-Colonel von Zeschau, reported the attack, and received the
order to have the houses searched and, in case any male persons were
found in them with arms, to set the houses on fire.
In the search there were discovered by Lieutenant-Colonel Reichel in my
presence two persons of forty years of age who had hidden themselves in
a room and were armed with a Belgian pistol and a rifle of an ancient
pattern.
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