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At Ypres the Germans drove women in front of them by pricking them with bayonets. The wounds were afterwards seen by the witness.

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At Londerzeel 30 or 40 civilians—men, women and children—were placed at the head of a German column.

One witness from Termonde was made to stand in front of the Germans, together with others, all with their hands above their heads. Those who allowed their hands to drop were at once prodded with the bayonet.


6. THE KILLING OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS AND PRISONERS.

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After making all allowances, there remain certain instances in which it is clear that quarter was refused to persons desiring to surrender when it ought to have been given, or that persons already so wounded as to be incapable of fighting further, were wantonly shot or bayoneted.