I may have remained there about half an hour when a platoon of German infantry came along the road. I called to the leader, and he had the surrounding houses, from which the shooting continued, covered by fire. I then took the car to safety in the yard of the monastery. When, after a short time, I wished to leave, Captain von Esmarch was carried in, covered with blood. Whilst being carried to the field hospital, he was fired upon from the monastery. I went into the monastery with an infantryman; we found a revolver, but to save ourselves from being cut off we could not enter the vaults of the monastery into which the people had evidently retired. The Belgian field hospital did not want to bandage Captain von Esmarch; I finally forced a Belgian surgeon, whom I caught by the arm, to apply the bandage. Subsequently, on driving my car to the market-place, and from there to the station with the General Staff, I saw everywhere on the way burning houses; now and again isolated firing from the houses still took place. At the station there were no burning houses, and strict orders had been given to set no houses on fire there. After half an hour the firing from the hotels opposite the station began. From that point right to the station there was firing with machine-guns; I could distinctly hear the regular "tak, tak." It was only then that orders were given to raze the houses in front of the station; they were set on fire, but even from the burning houses, and finally from the ruins, the firing continued briskly. We suffered losses. Later on, isolated shots were fired. The citizens who had in any way taken part in the attack were brought to the station square, and, if found guilty, shot according to martial law. The soldiers, who brought the citizens along, were exhorted--as I have myself heard--to bear witness carefully and conscientiously. The examinations were conducted by officers of the General Staff. Whoever carried loaded arms, in spite of the prohibition issued and announced, was shot at once. In the town lay several men in clerical garb, shot; at the station, too, several men in clerical dress were shot; all were examined, but I was not present at the examinations. On the following day, too, isolated shots fell upon us from houses. Read over, approved, signed. Signed: WEISS. The witness was sworn in accordance with the regulations. Signed: Dr. STEENGRAFE, President. Signed: MEYER. D. App. 41. Court of the Commander. Present: President, Dr. STEENGRAFE. Secretary, MEYER. ALTONA, _March 3rd, 1915_. There appeared as witness merchant Dammann, who, after the importance of the oath had been pointed out to him, was examined as follows: As to Person: My name is Carl Dammann, aged 31; Christian; merchant in Hamburg; soldier of the Reserve.