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
The next morning, after crossing the Meuse, we rode along the left
bank in order to gain the road to Onhaye. The bank lying opposite, as
well as the houses of Dinant, seemed deserted. Only in the doorway of
some hotel stood a civilian who aimed a rifle at us and fired, without
making a hit. When we replied with revolver shots he disappeared.
Read over, approved, signed.
Signed: Dr. PETRENZ.
The witness was thereupon sworn.
Signed: SCHWEINITZ. Signed: LIPS.
C. App. 52.
Present:
Lieutenant of Reserve KLEBERGER, as Officer of the Court.
Sergeant RICHTER, as Clerk of the Military Court.
ORAINVILLE, _March 17th, 1915_.
Summoned as witness there appeared Private Steglich, who, after the
importance of the oath had been pointed out to him, made the following
statement:
As to Person: My name is Willy Steglich. I am 22 years old; Protestant;
by calling bricklayer in Mügeln, now private in the Machine-Gun
Company, Infantry Regiment No. 103.
As to Case: With Acting-Sergeant-Major and some other men--there were
also present some Marburg Jäger--I fetched the occupants out of a
house in Dinant which had been wrecked by the impact of a shell, and
set them at liberty. There were men, women, and children. They were
then brought to a house where, at the instigation of an officer of the
Marburg Jäger, they were protected and looked after by two Red Cross
nurses.
In various houses in Dinant we found a quantity of small-shot
ammunition lying piled up by the windows; everywhere the lowest pane
was broken, evidently to allow a rifle to be pushed through the opening.
Read over, approved.
The witness was thereupon sworn.
Signed: KLEBERGER, Lieutenant of Reserve and Officer of the Court.
Signed: Sergeant RICHTER, as Clerk of the Court.
C. App. 53.
Present:
Lieutenant of Reserve KLEBERGER, as Officer of the Court.
Sergeant RICHTER, as Clerk of the Court.
ORAINVILLE, _March 17th, 1915_.
Summoned as witness there appeared Acting-Sergeant-Major Bartsch, who,
after the importance of the oath had been pointed out to him, made the
following statement:
As to Person: My name is Erich Bartsch. I am 25 years old; Protestant;
Acting-Sergeant-Major in the Machine-Gun Company, Infantry Regiment No.
103.
As to Case: As patrol leader I found in a series of houses in Dinant
sporting ammunition lying all ready, from which it may with certainty
be assumed that it had been used by the francs-tireurs before their
expulsion, as ammunition for firing on the German troops.
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