As to Person: My name is Max Bruno Horn. I am 22 years old; of the
Evangelical-Lutheran faith; machinery smith by trade; now corporal,
12th Company, Rifle (Fusilier) Regiment "Prince George" No. 108.
As to Case: On the afternoon of the 23rd August a platoon of
artillerymen was standing in the vicinity of the water-tower at the
fort of Dinant. All at once the artillerymen sent for the infantry to
help them. The group in which I was moved up. The artillerymen were
firing with their pistols at about eight civilians who were armed
with rifles. When the civilians saw us coming they ran down the slope
towards Dinant. I did not see German soldiers in Dinant commit any
cruelties on the inhabitants.
Read over, approved, signed.
Signed: HORN.
The witness was duly sworn.