In the house with Fehrmann and myself was also Pioneer of Reserve Kretzschmann.
Read over, approved, signed.
Signed: Emil Erwin Müller.
The witness was thereupon sworn.
Signed: Naumann. Signed: Schwarzbach.
C. App. 74.
By order of the Rifle (Fusilier) Regiment "Prinz Georg" No. 108 there appeared Staff-Surgeon of Reserve Dr. Holey, who, having been warned to speak the whole truth, made the following statement:
As to Person: My name is Franz Alfred Holey. I was born on September 21st, 1878; Protestant; practising physician in civil life, during the war, Staff-surgeon and battalion-surgeon with the 3rd Battalion, Rifle (Fusilier) Regiment No. 108.
As to Case: On August 23rd, as we were proceeding to Dinant, my attention was drawn by Major von der Pforte, a short distance from Dinant, to the body of a German soldier, who had been fastened with wire by the hands and feet to pegs which had been driven into the ground. The body was almost completely carbonised, and to all appearances some highly inflammable liquid had been poured over it. According to the state of the existing lines of demarcation, the man must have been burnt alive. By the remains of the uniform, particularly the buttons, he was plainly to be recognised as a German soldier.
Read over, approved, signed.