ST. ERME, _December 17th, 1914_.
Staff-Surgeon Dr. Lange, after the importance of the oath had been
pointed out to him, made, as witness, the following deposition:
As to Person: My name is Richard Gotthold Lange, 33 years old;
Protestant; Staff-Surgeon and Battalion Surgeon of the 3rd Battalion
Infantry Regiment No. 178.
As to Case: Directly after the entry of the battalion into Leffe it was
surprised by shots which not only came from the two ranges of hills
but also from the houses and cellars. The houses from which the shots
came were thereupon searched for sharpshooters and the guilty civilians
found there were shot. The houses from which there was no firing were
searched in the same way, and their occupants were guarded in the
street. It was reported to me that a sergeant-major of the 9th Company
of my regiment had been severely wounded, whereupon I rode through the
streets and was continuously fired at from the houses, especially from
the cellars. I found two German wounded inside the houses, further,
one dead in a cellar and another dead on a ground floor. As the number
of the wounded accumulated, I saw myself obliged to arrange as a
dressing-station the villa of Councillor Adam, where I was busy up till
11 o'clock at night. The number of the wounded German soldiers, on the
handing over of the hospital to the 2nd Medical Company, amounted to
about eighty men.
Read over, approved, signed.
Signed: Dr. LANGE.
The witness was thereupon sworn.
Signed: STARKE, Officer of the Court.