Present:
Lieutenant of Reserve DACHSEL, as Officer of the Court.
Non-commissioned Officer STEIGER, as Clerk of the Court.
LA VILLE-AUX-BOIS PRÈS PONTAVERT, _March 6th, 1915_.
At the request of the Imperial German Court of Justice of the General
Government in Belgium, there appeared by order, as witness, Rifleman
Lange, who, after the importance of the oath had been pointed out to
him, and he had been warned to speak the truth, made the following
statement:
As to Person: My name is Emil Bruno Lange, Rifleman of Reserve, 7th
Company, Rifle (Fusilier) Regiment No. 108; 25 years old; Protestant.
As to Case: In the night-fighting at Dinant on August 21st I saw an
elderly woman firing at us from a house which was brightly lighted up
by a lamp burning in the street. After some time she fell backwards;
apparently she had been hit by us.
Read over, approved, signed.
Signed: EMIL BRUNO LANGE.
The witness was thereupon sworn.
Signed: DACHSEL. Signed: STEIGER.