Acting-Sergeant-Major Schulze, together with Corporal Spans and the soldiers Kachel and Wittstadt, came before the Court after citation, and were to-day sworn to the preceding declaration.
Berlin, November 11th, 1914.
Officer of the Court:
Signed: Hilsmann, Lieutenant and Adjutant.
Secretary of the Court:
Signed: Jumperts, Non-commissioned Officer of Landwehr.
App. 38.
Statement of Major Heltzer, 18th Reserve Hussar Regiment and Leader of the Heavy Baggage, 32nd Infantry Division.
On the early afternoon of August 25th, 1914, the Heavy Baggage of the staff, 32nd Infantry Division, after a considerable halt at the S.W. exit of the village of Anthée, was in the act of getting ready to move off. Very suddenly a vigorous fire was opened upon it on several sides from houses and from a thicket in the vicinity.
All the men of the divisional baggage were equipped with rifles and sent ahead through the houses, in order to protect the waggons as they moved off. Later on, a detachment of infantry arrived on the scene, which occupied the village and relieved our men.