[Sidenote: 11]
At _Denée_, on August 28th, a Belgian soldier who had been taken
prisoner saw three civilian fellow-prisoners shot. One was a cripple
and another an old man of 80, who was paralysed. It was alleged by two
German soldiers that these men had shot at them with rifles. Neither of
them had rifles, nor had they anything in their pockets. The witness
actually saw the Germans search them and nothing was found.
[Sidenote: 20]
_Louvain._--"Subsequently my master--an old gentleman--was bayoneted
and shot."... Among other persons whose houses were burnt was an old
man of 90, lying dangerously ill, who was taken out on his mattress
and left lying in his garden all night. He died shortly after in the
hospital.
[Sidenote: 18]
The journey to Louvain is thus described by a witness: "We were all
marched off to Louvain, walking. There were some very old people,
amongst others a man 90 years of age. The very old people were drawn
in carts and barrows by the younger men. There was an officer with
a bicycle, who shouted, as people fell out by the side of the road,
'Shoot them.'"
[Sidenote: 8]
At _Heure le Romain_ ... some bedridden old men were imprisoned in the
church.
[Sidenote: 11]
_Andenne._--A paralytic was murdered in his garden.
[Sidenote: 29]
_Beaumetz._--They saw two old men--between 60 and 70 years of age--and
one old woman lying close to each other in the garden. All three had
the scalps cut right through.... They were still bleeding.