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GERMAN ATROCITIES AN OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION
OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW, PROFESSOR OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON; LATE HOME OFFICE COMMISSIONER WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY 681 FIFTH AVENUE
COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
MEMBER OF “LA COMMISSION INSTITUÉE EN VUE DE CONSTATER LES ACTES COMMIS PAR L’ENNEMI EN VIOLATION DU DROIT DES GENS,” THIS WORK IS DEDICATED IN RECOGNITION OF HIS COURTESY AND COLLABORATION IN THE PURSUIT OF A COMMON TASK.
I.--INTRODUCTORY: (1) The British Enquiry 1 (2) The German Case--a critical Analysis of the German White Book 6 (3) German Credibility--a Review of the Evidence 30 (4) The Future of International Law and the Question of Retribution 44
II.--THE BRITISH ENQUIRY IN FRANCE: (1) Methods of Enquiry 60 (2) Outrages upon Combatants in the Field 64 (3) Treatment of Civil Population 76 (4) Outrages upon Women--the German Occupation of Bailleul 81 (5) Private Property 84 (6) Observations on a Tour of the Marne and the Aisne 85 (7) Bestiality of German Officers and Men 87 (8) Conclusion 90
III.--DOCUMENTARY (NEW EVIDENCE): (1) Depositions and Statements (Fifty-six in number) illustrating breaches of the Laws of War by German Troops, mainly Outrages on British Soldiers 93
(2) Documents relative to the German Occupation of Bailleul 122
(3) Evidence relating to the Murder of Eleven Civilians at Doulieu 134
(4) Deposition of a Survivor of the Massacre of Tamines 137
(6) Documents forwarded by the Russian Government 146
(7) The German White Book: The Introductory Memorandum 158
(8) Depositions relating to the Massacre of Wounded and Captive Highlanders by a German Bombing Party on September 25th, 1915, at Haisnes 169
(9) Depositions as to the use of Incendiary Bullets by the German Troops 174
(10) Depositions as to the Employment by German Troops of Russian Prisoners upon Military Works on the Western Front 177
Professor Morgan desires to express his obligations to the Russian Embassy, the Foreign Office, the Home Office, the French Ministry of War, and the General Headquarters Staff of the British Expeditionary Force for the assistance which they have given him. For the opinions expressed in Part IV. of the Introductory Chapter Professor Morgan is alone responsible. The whole of the documents given in the “Documentary Chapter” of this book (except the Memorandum from the German White Book which has been published in German, though not, of course, in English) are now published for the first time.