Present: Lieutenant of Reserve DACHSEL, as Officer of the Court. Non-commissioned Officer STEIGER, as Clerk of the Court.
LA VILLE-AUX-BOIS PRÈS PONTAVERT, _March 6th, 1915_.
At the request of the Imperial German Court of Justice of the General Government in Belgium, there appeared by order, as witness, Rifleman Lange, 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 Emil Bruno Lange, Rifleman of Reserve, 7th Company, Rifle (Fusilier) Regiment No. 108; 25 years old; Protestant.
As to Case: In the night-fighting at Dinant on August 21st I saw an elderly woman firing at us from a house which was brightly lighted up by a lamp burning in the street. After some time she fell backwards; apparently she had been hit by us.
Present: Lieutenant of Reserve DACHSEL, as Officer of the Court. Non-commissioned Officer of Reserve STEIGER, as Clerk of the Court.
LA VILLE-AUX-BOIS PRÈS PONTAVERT, _March 6th, 1915_.
By request of the Imperial German Court of Justice of the General Government in Belgium, there appeared by order, as witness, Rifleman Vorwieger, 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 Vorwieder, Rifleman, 6th Company, Rifle (Fusilier) Regiment No. 108; 20 years old; Protestant.
As to Case: In the street-fighting in Dinant on August 21st I saw in a house, which I was just about to enter, a woman about thirty years of age standing with a revolver in her hand, ready to fire.
On August 23rd I found in an open field, about 600 metres from Dinant, a dead Saxon Jäger--I recognised him as such by his uniform--with face completely carbonised. He lay on his back, his arms widely extended.
There appeared as witness Reservist Hund, who stated:
As to Person: My name is Artur Otto Hund; I was born on February 15th, 1889, at Dresden; Protestant; at the time Reservist in the 12th Company, Infantry Regiment No. 178.
As to Case: I saw how the twelve-year-old son of the Lawyer Adam shot at me and two comrades with a revolver. The two comrades were wounded.
Signed: HUND. Signed: RYSSEL, Lieutenant and Officer of the Court. Signed: SCHULTZ, Acting-Sergeant-Major and Clerk of the Military Court.