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
Signed: Dr. IVERS. Signed: RAMBEAU.
Court of the Government-General at Brussels.
Present:
Dr. IVERS, Judge of Military Law.
Secretary, RAMBEAU.
LOUVAIN, _September 17th, 1914_.
Station Buildings, 4 o'clock p.m.
First Lieutenant v. Sandt added the following:
About half an hour after His Excellency v. Boehn had spoken with me
about the firing of the Belgians from their houses upon my company, and
after His Excellency had had these houses at the station set on fire,
and while they were blazing, with the exception of the house "Maria
Theresa" (an hotel which was not set on fire because near it were the
military benzine stores), two or three more volleys were fired from the
windows, and particularly from the roof of this hotel directly upon the
officers and men standing in front of the station. Besides my company,
about 150 soldiers of the 35th Reserve Regiment, just detrained, stood
in front of the station. It was only now that--after having removed the
barrels of benzine--we fired on the house and set it alight.
After this statement too had been read to the witness he declared it
also on the oath which he had taken at the first examination on the
morning of the same day.
Signed: OTTO V. SANDT.
Signed: Dr. IVERS. Signed: RAMBEAU.
Court of the Government-General of Belgium.
Present:
President, STEMPEL.
Secretary, STEMPER.
MALINES, _November 19th, 1914_.
There appears on citation Captain v. Sandt as witness, and after the
object of the examination has been made known to him, he is examined as
follows:
As to Person: As already stated.
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