Present:
President of the Military Court, NAUMANN.
Secretary of the Military Court, SCHWARZBACH.
LA MALMAISON, _December 1914_.
In the investigation concerning the violation of international law
committed against the German troops, there appeared as witness Corporal
Saring, who, after reference to the significance of the oath, was
examined as follows:
My name is Johann Georg Saring. I am 22 years of age; Protestant;
locksmith by trade; corporal, 12th Company, Infantry Regiment No. 182.
On the afternoon of Sunday the 23rd August, 1914, I saw in Dinant the
arm of a man thrust itself out from the first storey of the pharmacy.
The hand held a pistol. The pistol was fired at us soldiers. The arm
was wearing, as I plainly saw, the Red Cross band. I burst the door
in with a pickaxe; there came out children, women, and an elderly
man, and, last of all, the man with the Red Cross band. This man was
taken to Colonel Francke, whilst the other civilians were detained in
the corner of a house. We then rushed towards the church in which the
inhabitants had been brought together. As I know for certain, we were
fired on from the tower of the church. This could only have been done
by the inhabitants; enemy troops were not to be seen the whole of the
day.
Read over, approved, signed.
Signed: JOHANN GEORG SARING.
The witness was thereupon sworn.
Signed: NAUMANN.
Signed: SCHWARZBACH.