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
Captain Folz, at present attached to the General Staff in Berlin, is
supposed to be able to give more direct information concerning the
death of Colonel Stenger.
Read over, approved, signed.
Signed: SCHLEUSENER.
The witness was hereupon legally sworn.
Signed: JÜNGST, President of the Military Court.
Signed: APPEL, Secretary of the Military Court.
A. App. 5.
Present:
President of the Military Court, BERNHARDS.
Clerk of the Military Court, HOFMANN.
DARMSTADT, _January 12th, 1915_.
There appeared as witness at the inquiry concerning the detailed
circumstances of the attack of the civil population in Aerschot,
Captain Folz. After he had been acquainted with the subject-matter of
the inquiry, and his attention had been drawn to the importance of the
oath, he made the following statement:
My name is Hermann Folz. I am 32 years of age; Protestant; Captain,
49th Infantry Regiment, at present with the Reserve Flying Corps,
Section 3. On a day in August, the date of which I have forgotten,
I arrived in Aerschot, as my regiment's billeting officer, with the
Staff of the 8th Infantry Brigade. It was between three and four in
the afternoon when we rode into the place. Of German troops, the 3rd
Infantry Division had already passed through in batches, and already
the narrow and angular little town was full of commissariat, artillery,
and ammunition columns. We had been about three hours in the little
town, when suddenly violent firing began. The firing seemed to come
from the north-west exit of the village.
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