About 500 paces from the station, in the Rue Leopold, I saw suddenly the flash of a rocket across the station road. At the same moment firing took place from all surrounding houses, from windows, attics, cellar gratings, upon me and upon the German soldiers near--about fifteen men, who were in the street either singly or were following their baggage, which was ahead of them. I emphasise particularly the point that before the rocket went up the streets were perfectly quiet, and that the soldiers went quite quietly and harmlessly on their way. I assert distinctly that neither a German officer nor a German soldier had once fired upon the inhabitants of Louvain before this attack began. I collected about ten soldiers, with whom I went to the station, part of them going on one side of the road and part of them on the other. On the way, a distance of about 500 metres, I with my men, about ten of them, were fired at from the houses of this street, so that we were continually under a hail of bullets. During this march I ordered my soldiers to reply to the fire directed upon them. When I arrived at the station, 1st Lieutenant v. Sandt's company was already fighting the inhabitants of the surrounding houses, who fired from the roofs, windows, and cellar windows. I immediately placed myself in the firing-line and took part in the fight with a rifle; 1st Lieutenant v. Sandt did the same. About ten minutes later there was a pause in the firing, which I made use of for sending strong patrols into the nearest houses, from which firing had taken place, to bring out the inhabitants. I took the company straight back to the station. One non-commissioned officer and five men of the company were wounded, several by small-shot. In the course of the evening His Excellency v. Boehn appeared with a few officers, and I and 1st Lieutenant v. Sandt had to give a general report. I finally add that, with short intervals, the inhabitants fired during the whole night from their houses, and also from the group of houses to the east of the station. Read over, approved, signed. Signed: MAX SCHWEDER. The witness was then sworn. Signed: Dr. IVERS. Signed: RAMBEAU. D. App. 8. Court of the Government-General at Brussels. Present: Dr. IVERS, Judge of Military Law. Secretary, RAMBEAU. LOUVAIN, _September 17th, 1914_. Station Buildings. First Lieutenant of Reserve v. Sandt, 2nd Westphalian Hussar Regiment No. 11 and leader of the company, 2nd Mobile Landsturm Infantry Battalion Neuss, declares the following: As to Person: My name is Otto v. Sandt, born at Bonn, May 11th, 1869; Catholic. The witness was informed that the Governor-General, Field-Marshal General Baron von der Goltz, had arranged judicial proceedings for the purpose of ascertaining whether any German military persons; and, if so, which, were guilty and deserving of punishment; he then made the following statement: