ABBREVIATIONS

Alphabet, Letters of the:—
CapitalsAppendices to the German White Book entitled:“The Violation of International Law in the Conduct of the Belgian People’s-War”(dated Berlin, 10th May, 1915); Arabic numerals after the capital letter refer to thedepositions contained in each Appendix.
Lower CaseSections of the “Appendix to the Report ofthe Committee on Alleged German Outrages, Appointed by His BritannicMajesty’s Government and Presided Over by the Right Hon. Viscount Bryce, O.M.”(Cd. 7895); Arabic numerals after the lower case letter refer to the depositionscontained in each Section.
Ann(ex)Annexes (numbered 1 to 9) to the Reports of theBelgian Commission (vide infra).
Belg.Reports (numbered i to xxii) of the Official Commissionof the Belgian Government on the Violation of the Rights of Nations and of the Lawsand Customs of War. (English translation, published, on behalf of the BelgianLegation, by H.M. Stationery Office, two volumes.)
BlandGermany’s Violations of the Laws of War, 1914-5”;compiled under the Auspices of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and translatedinto English with an Introduction by J. O. P. Bland. (London: Heinemann. 1915.)
BryceAppendix to the Report of the Committee on Alleged German Outragesappointed by His Britannic Majesty’s Government.
ChambryThe Truth about Louvain,”by Réné Chambry. (Hodder and Stoughton. 1915.)
DavignonBelgium and Germany,” Texts and Documents,preceded by a Foreword by Henri Davignon. (Thomas Nelson and Sons.)

“Eye-Witness”

An Eye-Witness at Louvain” (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1914.)
“Germans”The Germans at Louvain,” by a volunteerworker in the Hôpital St.-Thomas. (Hodder and Stoughton. 1916.)
GrondijsThe Germans in Belgium: Experiences of a Neutral,”by L. H. Grondijs, Ph.D., formerly Professor of Physics at the TechnicalInstitute of Dordrecht. (London: Heinemann. 1915.)
HöckerAn der Spitze Meiner Kompagnie, Three Months of Campaigning,”by Paul Oskar Höcker. (Ullstein and Co., Berlin and Vienna. 1914.)
“Horrors”The Horrors of Louvain,” by an Eye-witness,with an Introduction by Lord Halifax. (Published by the London Sunday Times.)
MassartBelgians under the German Eagle,”by Jean Massart, Vice-Director of the Class of Sciences in the RoyalAcademy of Belgium. (English translation by Bernard Miall. London: Fisher Unwin. 1916.)
MercierPastoral Letter, dated Xmas, 1914,of His Eminence Cardinal Mercier, Archbishop of Malines.
MorganGerman Atrocities: An Official Investigation,”by J. H. Morgan, M.A., Professor of Constitutional Law in the University of London.(London: Fisher Unwin. 1916.)
Numerals, Roman lower caseReports (numbered i to xxii) of the Belgian Commission(vide supra).
R(eply)Reply to the German White Book of May 10, 1915.”(Published, for the Belgian Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Foreign Affairs,by Berger-Levrault, Paris, 1916.)

Arabic numerals after the R refer to the depositions contained in theparticular section of the Reply that is being cited at the moment:e.g., R15 denotes the fifteenth deposition inthe section onLouvain in the Reply when cited in the section on Louvainin the present work; but it denotes the fifteenth deposition in the sectionon Aerschot when cited in the corresponding section here.

The Reply is also referred to by pages, and in these casesthe Arabic numeral denotes the page and is preceded by “p.”

S(omville)The Road to Liége,” by Gustave Somville.(English translation by Bernard Miall. Hodder and Stoughton. 1916.)
StruykenThe German White Book on the War in Belgium:A Commentary,” by Professor A. A. H. Struyken. (English Translationof Articles in the Journal Van Onzen Tijd, of Amsterdam,July 31st, August 7th, 14th, 21st, 1915. Thomas Nelson and Sons.)

N.B.—Statistics, where no reference is given, are taken from the first and second Annexes to the Reports of the Belgian Commission. They are based on official investigations.


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