Read over, approved, signed.
Signed: Fritz Bluhm.
5. Franz Breidbach, 19 years of age, Catholic, Abiturient from Luttinghausen, war volunteer, 6th Company, Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 235, after taking the oath, made the following statement:
On October 19th we marched through Roulers, which had previously been captured by Infantry Regiment No. 233. Our company formed the head of the column; the entire town was badly injured by artillery fire, and there was only one street which was fairly intact. From the houses of this street shots were fired at us, coming more especially from the cellar windows. My comrade, Kremst of Coblenz, fell in front of me, and two other comrades were slightly wounded. When we searched the houses we found six to eight francs-tireurs and a number of revolvers. A large quantity of ammunition was indubitably stored in the houses, for when the houses were set on fire a continuous series of explosions occurred.
On October 22nd I arrived at a field hospital in Roulers. There I heard four or five shots strike the hospital; a wounded Jäger, who was lying on a stretcher in front of the hospital, was shot dead by francs-tireurs.
Read over, approved, signed.
Signed: Franz Breidbach.
Signed: Landsberg. Signed: Veltman.
App. 50.
Military Court Examination of Ersatzreservist Gottfried Hilberath, Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 236.
Proceedings at Werne in the hospital, October 31st, 1914.