As to Case: On August 23rd, 1914, the Machine-Gun Company, Infantry Regiment No. 102, marched from Houx along the Meuse by Leffe to the military bridge at Dinant. The company arrived in Leffe towards midnight of the 23rd and 24th August 1914. On the left of the line of march was a large factory. From this a brook or canal led into the Meuse. Our route passed over this brook or canal by a bridge. I marched with Ulbricht behind a provision waggon which brought up the rear. When the centre of the company was on the bridge, two shots came from the direction of the bridge towards us. I at once ran with Ulbricht to the bank of the Meuse to see if anybody there had fired. The two shots appeared to have been alarm shots, for immediately after several rifle-shots were fired from the factory. While we were running to the bank of the Meuse, two white figures came out from under the bridge in order to swim to the other bank of the Meuse. I immediately shot with Ulbricht at the two white figures. We reached one whilst still close to the bank, whilst the other was already in the middle of the Meuse. Both figures were hit, for the one who was already in the middle of the river suddenly drifted with the stream, while the other was floated up to our bank. Together with Ulbricht, I let myself down the steep bank with the aid of comrades who had come up, by means of a bearing-girth. We drew the white body from the water, threw back the white cloth, and saw by the face that it was a man. This man was wearing women's green stockings and a pair of black low shoes such as women wear. He had received a shot in the back of the head and was dead. We then went under the bridge; not far from the water stood two chairs. From the bridge, the canal went through a tunnel towards the factory. In this tunnel-canal, which was about 50 metres long, there was very little water; one could easily go upright in it. With Ulbricht, I had penetrated about two to three metres into the tunnel, but as our company was marching on and were being called by our comrades, we turned back. Behind us came men of the Machine-Gun Company, Infantry Regiment No. 177; they went into the factory in order to search it whilst I and Ulbricht went to our company. The firing only came from the factory when the two white figures had discharged the two shots, the firing, which lasted about five minutes, evidently came from the windows of the factory and originated from several persons. During this time our company halted, then it moved nearer to the military bridge. As the firing from the factory opened again shortly after, the Machine-Gun Company, Infantry Regiment No. 177, replied with the machine-guns. We now saw the flashes of the francs-tireurs' fire at the windows of the factory. The firing from the factory only ceased when the place had been set on fire.
Read over, approved, signed.
Signed: Büchner.
2. Private Ulbricht.
As to Person: My name is Friedrich Richard Ulbricht, 22 years old; Protestant; private in the Machine-Gun Company, Infantry Regiment No. 102.
As to Case: The statements of Private Büchner, which were read over to me, I fully endorse.
I have nothing further to add.
Read over, approved, signed.
Signed: Ulbricht.
The witnesses were thereupon sworn.