Present:
Lieutenant of Reserve KLEBERGER, as Officer of the Court.
Sergeant RICHTER, as Clerk of the Military Court.
ORAINVILLE, _March 17th, 1915_.
Summoned as witness there appeared Reservist Hentschel, who, after the
importance of the oath had been pointed out to him, made the following
statement:
As to Person: My name is Alfred Hentschel. I am 25 years old;
Protestant; by trade a butcher in Dresden, now Reservist, 9th Company,
Infantry Regiment No. 103.
As to Case: In a house in Dinant which stood at the right of the
bridge I found a severely wounded civilian, an old man with white
hair, who still had his sporting rifle with him. I also came across
civilians farther on in Belgium who had fired on the German troops with
sporting rifles. In a village beyond Dinant, which cannot be very far
from Dinant, I had my right hand injured by shot-wounds. The shot are
probably still in the fingers.
On this side of the Meuse, where a convent stood, we distributed bread
and what else we still had (cold meat, etc.) to the population, women
and children, also men.
Read over, approved.
The witness was thereupon duly sworn.
Signed: KLEBERGER, Lieutenant of Reserve and Officer of the Court.
Signed: Sergeant RICHTER, as Clerk of the Military Court.