5. As witness, Corporal Niebeln, 7th Company, Infantry Regiment No. 73.
As to Person: My name is Ernst. I am 25 years old; Lutheran; by calling a merchant in Hanover.
As to Case: On the day of the fight near Liège our regiment, as we were leaving Esneux, was under fire from the houses. Further, when outside the town we were fired upon from the hill-sides on the right and left, and also from trees.
Our troops at once forced a way into the houses from which shots had come, and some civilians were brought out. A number of weapons were also discovered. I myself saw the civilians. There were no Belgian troops in the houses.
Two days after the battle of Liège, when we were leaving the village of Louveigné in the evening, a hot fire was opened on us from the houses. One man was wounded, and I saw the pellets in his back. We replied to the fire and drove the people from the houses. Only civilians emerged, and these were shot.
Read over, approved, signed.
Signed: Niebeln.
The witness was sworn.
Signed: Fuhse. Signed: Hensen.
App. 9.