The German Army in Belgium, the White Book of May 1915Germany. Auswärtiges Amt
History
The German Army in Belgium, the White Book of May 1915
Germany. Auswärtiges Amt
World War, 1914-1918 -- Atrocities; World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
Next morning, between 8 and 9, I had gone into the court. Two other
soldiers were near. Suddenly about ten pistol shots were fired on
us, which, as I saw clearly, struck the ground quite close to me.
The shots had evidently been fired from the opposite roof by pushing
back the tiles. On the way to the station, which we took on the same
morning, we were repeatedly told by our posts to take care, as more
shots had been fired. At the Louvain station it was some hours before
the field hospital train went off. During this time several pistol
shots fell again at the end of our column, which were evidently
intended for the hospital train; a comrade was immediately afterwards
carried from the rear part of the column, where he had just been
severely wounded in the legs, to the front of the train.
Read over, approved, signed.
Signed: AUGUST ZANDER.
The witness was then sworn.
Signed as above.
Signed: MOELLMANN. Signed: BRINGERN.
D. App. 26.
_Report._
On August 26th, 1914, a motor-car, provided with a Red Cross flag and
painted with the sign, stopped in the town hall square at Louvain.
The night affair in the streets was finished.
The square was being cleansed from blood, etc. From Mons had arrived a
vehicle with wounded.
Of these Captain Count v. Reventlow, 12th Grenadier Regiment, was
carried in the Voluntary Aid Society's automobile. It was 1 p.m.,
sunny, raining at times. Rifle fire upon this automobile was opened
from the windows of the houses.
Signed: GEORG V. ZITZEWITZ, Capitänleutnant,
Delegate of the Voluntary Aid Society.
D. App. 27.
FÜRSTENWALDE (SPREE), _November 25th, 1914_.
Present:
Lieutenant Prince ZU CAROLATH-BEUTHEN, as Court Officer.
Sergeant-Major ALTENDORF, as Clerk.
There appears as witness Uhlan Friedrich Herzog, 1st Field Squadron,
Uhlan Regiment (1st Brandenburg) No. 3, who states:
As to Person: My name is Friedrich Herzog, aged 29; Protestant.
As to Case: I was in the hospital at Louvain. On the evening of August
25th, 1914, 9 o'clock, we heard shots directed upon our hospital. The
shots came from a house opposite the hospital. They were fired by
civilians, whom I saw myself.
On the next day I was taken from the hospital to the station at
Louvain. On the way there I saw how shots were fired by civilians upon
four nursing sisters who were carrying a wounded German soldier. The
soldier, on this occasion, was hurt in the foot.
Read over, approved, signed.
Signed: FRIEDRICH HERZOG.
The witness was sworn.
Proceedings took place as above.
Signed: ZU CAROLATH-BEUTHEN, Lieutenant, Officer of the Court.
Signed: ALTENDORF, Sergeant-Major, Clerk.
D. App. 28.
FRANKFURT A.O., _November 23rd, 1914_.
Court of the Reserve Battalion, Grenadier Regiment Prince Carl von
Preussen (2nd Brandenburg) No. 12.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account