German Atrocities: An Official Investigation

CONTENTS

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Dedication	v
Prefatory Note	ix
CHAPTER
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
(5) Five German Diaries	139
(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

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