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Identifier: germanysviolatio01fran (find matches)
Title: Germany's violations of the laws of war 1914-1915
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: France. Ministère des affaires étrangères. (from old catalog) Bland, J. O. P. (John Otway Percy), 1863-1945, tr
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918 International law
Publisher: New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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mit vielen betrunkenen. In the morning of September 24 at Sedan, wine andcoffee. Lost a few men. Continued our march in thesame manner as yesterday. In the afternoon, about 3oclock, a long halt at Launois. Looted the station-masters forsaken house most thoroughly. At Amagne-Lucquy, hot food, wine, and brandy. Continued ourmarch, with a great many of the men drunk. 186 No. 69 187 No. 70 EXTRACT from the note-book of LieutenantReisland, of the 11 Jth Regiment of Infantry, 12thArmy Corps, describing the burning of severalvillages in Belgium. 25 August, 1914. Wieder viele Brande, ein Dorf,hoch gelegen, brannte fast vdllig lichterloh. Als ich esvon weiten sah, dachte ich sofort an den Brand Wal-halas in der Gotterdammerung. Es war ein wunderbares,aber erschutterndes Bild. August 25, 1914. More burning. A village perchedon a height was almost entirely in flames. When I sawit in the distance, I thought of the burning of Valhallain the Gotterdammerung. A magnificent, but heart-rending sight.
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No. 70 189 No. 71 EXTRACT from the note-book of Private RudolfRossberg, of the 101 st Grenadier Regiment, 2dSaxons, 12th Army Corps, describing the lootingat Dinant and Laval-Morency. Dinant, August 23. Auf dem Pflaster schlafen wirnicht weit von den Leichen ein, nachdem wir vorhernoch 2 Cafes gepliindert hatten. Gegen 150 Wein Sektund Likorflaschen waren der Erfolg. Wir sind ausge-hungert und nehmen alles mit, Brot, Butter, Cafe . . .(illegible word), Fleisch, Schinken, kurz alles. August 28. Laval-Morency. Grosser Fresstag. Freitag. Anscheinend Ruhetag. Fassen alleLebensmittel, Brot, Marmelade, Wein, Zig., schlachtenGanse, Hiihner, Karnickel, spiele Klavier, pliindernfeste. Dinant, August 23. We sleep on the pavement, not far from the corpses, after looting two more cafes. About 150 bottles of wine, champagne, and liqueurs were the results of this operation. We were ravenous, and carried off everything, bread, butter, coffee . . . (illegible word), meat, ham, in a word everything. A

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