WOOD SOUTH-WEST OF LA VILLE AUX BOIS, _February 5th, 1915_.
_Deposition._
By order of the Rifle (Fusilier) Regiment "Prince George" No. 108 there
appeared as witness Corporal Schmieder of the 10th Company.
Warned to speak the whole truth, he made the following deposition:
As to Person: My name is Hermann Walter Schmieder. I am 20 years of
age; of the Evangelical-Lutheran faith; gardener by calling; now
corporal in the 10th Company.
As to Case: On the Sorinnes-Dinant road the following occurrence took
place in the part of the town of Dinant which lies on both sides of the
road. I witnessed how two male civilians discharged pistol-shots at
Major Lommatsch, Battalion Commander, 16th Infantry Regiment No. 182,
from the first storey of a house standing directly on the road. Major
Lommatsch immediately collapsed.
Read over, approved, signed.
Signed: SCHMIEDER.
The witness was sworn in accordance with regulations.
Signed: LASSOW, Lieutenant and Officer of the Court.
Signed: SCHUBERT, Acting-Sergeant-Major
and Clerk of the Military Court.