App. 61.
Report of Medical Corps Company 2, VI. Army Corps.
Beine, October 15th, 1914.
On August 23rd I went to the French field hospital through Rossignol, where the company had established its chief dressing-station. On the way a musketeer reported to me that a dead German was lying in a house. I at once inspected the corpse and ascertained that, in addition to a wound, which was not mortal, the head of the soldier had been burnt. A few metres away stood a half-filled bottle of petroleum, and another half-filled with benzin. One could clearly see from this that the inhabitants had dragged the wounded soldier into the house, saturated his head with petroleum and benzin, and then set it alight.
On the night of 24th-25th of August I drove in an automobile from Rossignol to Florenville, where a number of inhabitants were standing by a house engaged in a lively conversation. When, about 100 metres farther on from this point, I stopped my automobile in order to ascertain the direction from a signpost, I was suddenly exposed to a vigorous fire from these people behind me, so that it was only by driving off very quickly that I was able to save my life.
Signed: Sternberg, Captain and Commander of Medical Corps Company 2,
VI. Army Corps.
App. 62.
Statement of Senior Staff-Surgeon Dr. Kiefmann, Medical Corps, VIII. Army Corps.
Proceedings at Field Hospital No. 3, VIII. Army Corps.
St. Morel, October 15th, 1914.