As to Person: My name is Hermann Kurt Wahl, 22 years old; Protestant; Corporal of Reserve, 5th Company, Rifle (Fusilier) Regiment No. 108; shop assistant at Deuben, near Dresden.
As to Case: On the march to Dinant on August 23rd, I saw lying in a ditch by the road to the east of the Sorinnes-Dinant road a dead Jäger. His hands and feet were bound together with wire. The body was otherwise completely charred. I was only able to recognise that he was a Jäger by the articles of equipment lying near.
Present: Lieutenant of Reserve DACHSEL, as Officer of the Court. Non-commissioned Officer of Reserve STEIGER, as Clerk of the Court.
By order there appeared as witness Rifleman Willkommen, who, after the importance of the oath had been pointed out to him, and he had been warned to speak the truth, made the following statement:
As to Person: My name is Paul Robert Willkommen, rifleman, 7th Company, Rifle (Fusilier) Regiment No. 108; 22 years old; Protestant.
As to Case: On the afternoon of August 23rd, I found a completely charred body quite close to an estate near Dinant, where we had set up a dressing-station. On closer inspection it proved to be a Saxon Jäger whose hands and feet had been tied up. He lay in the ditch close to the road. We covered him with straw. That he was a Saxon Jäger I recognised with certainty from his buttons and other articles of equipment.
On this day, before we marched through Dinant and crossed the Meuse, my company made a halt at an estate near Dinant. The inhabitants of the estate--several men, women, and children--fetched us water. I and several of my comrades gave in return some cigars to the men and sweetstuff to the children.
Present: Lieutenant of Reserve DACHSEL, as Officer of the Court. Non-commissioned Officer of Reserve STEIGER, as Clerk of the Court.
There appeared by order as witness Corporal Oehmigen, who, after the importance of the oath had been pointed out to him, and he had been warned to speak the truth, made the following statement:
As to Person: My name is Otto Albert Oehmigen; corporal, 6th Company, Rifle (Fusilier) Regiment No. 108; 23 years old; Protestant.
As to Case: Before we marched through Dinant on August 23rd I saw in a cabbage field near Dinant the body of a Saxon Jäger with a charred face lying on his back. He lay in the middle of the field, not by the road. I did not notice whether his feet and arms were tied.