The witness was sworn.
Signed: Schweinitz. Signed: Lips.
App. 16.
Military Court Examination of Army Baker Börner, 2nd Field-Bakery Column, XII. Army Corps.
Montaigu, October 7th, 1914.
Present:
President of the Court, Schweinitz.
Secretary, Lips.
There appeared as witness the baker Börner, who made the following statement:
As to Person: My name is Max Gotthard Börner. I am 30 years old; Protestant; by trade formerly baker; later, assistant pointsman; at present, baker in the Field-Bakery No. 2, XII. Army Corps.
As to Case: While we were quartered in Marche, or close to it, I went with field-baker Werner into the town, where, as we felt thirsty, we asked a woman who stood at the gate of a yard for l'eau. She gave us to understand that she would like to give us some coffee, and led us into the house by the back door. We both drank coffee, thanked the woman, and went out again by the same way. As I closed the back door one or more shots were fired from inside. One of the fingers of my left hand was covered with blood. We tried to enter the house, again, but the door had been fastened on the inside. I fired a shot through the door, but I do not know whether I hit anybody.
Read over, approved, signed.