The witness was thereupon sworn.
Signed: Starke, Officer of the Court.
C. App. 80.
Guignicourt, January 8th, 1915.
Deposition.
There appeared, as witness, Lieutenant of Reserve Löser of the 5th Company, (Guards) Grenadier Regiment No. 100, who, having been warned to speak the truth, made the following statement:
My name is Walter Löser. I am 28 years old; Protestant; Forest-referendary on the State Forest Preserves, Elster II. at Adorf in Saxony.
As to Case: On entering Dinant the 5th Company, (Guards) Grenadier Regiment No. 100, was ordered to fire only at civilians who were themselves shooting at our troops. The order was everywhere complied with. No atrocities were committed by our troops. I even know of cases where our troops treated with the greatest consideration the innocent inhabitants of Dinant, who evidently were suffering under the critical condition of the time. I remember to have seen how the men of our regiment carried infirm old people and children through the rows of burning houses with the intention of rescuing them.
Read over, approved, signed.
Signed: Löser, Lieutenant of the Reserve.