Louvain, September 17th, 1914.
Station Buildings, 4 o'clock p.m.
First Lieutenant v. Sandt added the following:
About half an hour after His Excellency v. Boehn had spoken with me about the firing of the Belgians from their houses upon my company, and after His Excellency had had these houses at the station set on fire, and while they were blazing, with the exception of the house "Maria Theresa" (an hotel which was not set on fire because near it were the military benzine stores), two or three more volleys were fired from the windows, and particularly from the roof of this hotel directly upon the officers and men standing in front of the station. Besides my company, about 150 soldiers of the 35th Reserve Regiment, just detrained, stood in front of the station. It was only now that—after having removed the barrels of benzine—we fired on the house and set it alight.
After this statement too had been read to the witness he declared it also on the oath which he had taken at the first examination on the morning of the same day.
Signed: Otto v. Sandt.
Signed: Dr. Ivers. Signed: Rambeau.
Court of the Government-General of Belgium.
Present:
President, Stempel.
Secretary, Stemper.
Malines, November 19th, 1914.
There appears on citation Captain v. Sandt as witness, and after the object of the examination has been made known to him, he is examined as follows:
As to Person: As already stated.