C. App. 4.
Dresden, November 6th, 1914.
Chief Military Court, Dresden.
On citation Paul Kurt Büchner, Reservist, 1st Field Company, Pioneer Battalion No. 12, in Pirna, appeared as witness and made a statement:
On the night of August 21st, 1914, my company was sent on a reconnaissance towards Dinant in Belgium. The 2nd Battalion, Rifle Regiment No. 108, marched with us. When we had arrived in the town we were briskly shot at from the houses, and, indeed, chiefly with small shot. We stormed a number of houses, and saw that the marksmen were civilians without any military uniform or badge. We then withdrew.
On August 23rd, 1914, the 23rd Division advanced to the attack on Dinant. Here, also, we were vigorously fired on from the houses, and certainly only by civilians, of whom a number were killed. It was here that I received a shot in the thigh.
I then got into the hospital which had been established in the Château of Sorinnes. In the night the Château of Sorinnes was attacked and fired at by the inhabitants of the place. The inhabitants were, however, beaten off before they could force their way into the château.
Read over, approved, signed.
Signed: Kurt Büchner.
The witness was sworn.