EXTRACT FROM A PROCLAMATION TO THE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF LIÉGE.
Aug. 22, 1914.
The inhabitants of the town of Andenne, after having declared their peaceful intentions, have made a surprise attack on our troops.
It is with my consent that the Commander in Chief has ordered the whole town to be burned and that about one hundred people have been shot.
I bring this fact to the knowledge of the City of Liége, so that citizens of Liége may realize the fate with which they are menaced if they adopt a similar attitude.
The General Commanding in Chief.
(Signed) VON BUELOW.
NOTICE POSTED AT NAMUR, AUGUST THE 25TH, 1914.
(1) French and Belgian soldiers must be surrendered as prisoners of war at the prison before 4 o'clock. Citizens who do not obey will be condemned to enforced labor for life in Germany.
A rigorous inspection of houses will begin at 4 o'clock. Every soldier found will be immediately shot.
(2) Arms, powder, dynamite, must be surrendered at 4 o'clock. Penalty: death by shooting.