The German Terror in Belgium: An Historical Record

FOOTNOTES: FOOTNOTES: [1] A schedule of the more important documents will be found in the “List of Abbreviations” pp. xi-xiii. [2] Belgian Reply pp. vii. and 97-8. [3] This map shows practically all the roads and places referred to in the text. [4] Belgian Report xvi (statements by the Mayor and another inhabitant); Somville pp. 134-143. [5] Belg. xvii. [6] Somville pp. 143-6. [7] Somville pp. 146-7. [8] Belg. xvii; Somville pp. 177-184; Bland pp. 164-5; a 16. [9] Höcker p. 46. [10] Bland p. 165. [11] Somville p. 148. [12] Somville pp. 147-8. [13] Somville pp. 157-168; a 7, 20. [14] Somville pp. 152-7; xvii. [15] Somville p. 156. [16] S. p. 148; xvii. [17] Bryce pp. 161-2; S. pp. 168-177. [18] Same incident recorded in xvii, p. 50. [19] Bryce pp. 168-9. [20] S. pp. 46-55; xvii; Reply pp. 110-116 (Report of L’Abbé Voisin, Curé of Battice, to the Belgian Government). [21] S. pp. 55-72; xvii; Reply pp. 123-7; a 2. [22] S. pp. 73-9; xvii. [23] S. pp. 113-126; xvii; a 4, 5, 9. [24] S. pp. 110-2; xvii; a 12. [25] S. pp. 126-130. [26] Partly by bombardment during the attack on the fort. [27] S. pp. 105-110; Reply pp. 133-4. [28] S. pp. 151-2. [29] S. p. 148. [30] S. p. 152. [31] S. p. 149. [32] xvii. p. 57. [33] Bland pp. 105-9. [34] S. pp. 16-18; xvii. p. 56. [35] S. p. 18; Mercier. [36] Bland p. 185. [37] xvii; a 33, 34. [38] xvii; Reply p. 126. [39] Reply p. 126. [40] xvii; Mercier; S. pp. 79-82. [41] S. pp. 82-92. [42] xvii; S. pp. 92-4. [43] Reply p. 126. [44] Mercier. [45] S. pp. 94-100. [46] S. pp. 100-5. [47] S. pp. 40-5: Belg. Ann. 5, pp. 167-8; Morgan p. 100; Bryce p. 172. [48] S. pp. 30-8. [49] S. pp. 20-30. [50] S. pp. 191-3; xvii. [51] Mercier. [52] S. pp. 190-1, a 15. [53] S. pp. 187-8. [54] S. pp. 200-5; xvii; a 17. [55] Mercier. [56] S. pp. 194-200; xvii; a 35. [57] S. pp. 185-7; a 6, 10, 11, 13. [58] Known by name. See Reply, p. 142. [59] There were also thirty-seven houses destroyed in the suburb of Grivegnée. [60] a 24. [61] Bryce pp. 172-3. [62] a 28. [63] a 24. [64] a 28. [65] S. p. 209. [66] Names given by S. pp. 211-2; cp. a 27. [67] S. p. 212. [68] a 24, 27, 31. [69] a 31; S. p. 213. [70] S. pp. 219-224. [71] S. pp. 217-8, 225. [72] S. p. 218. [73] S. p. 234; a 24. [74] xv p. 20. [75] Bryce pp. 183-4. [76] xvii p. 66; xxi p. 129; Morgan p. 101; Bland p. 121; Davignon p. 107. [77] The man was a glass-maker. [78] xvii p. 66. [79] xvii p. 63. [80] Reply pp. 140-1; k4; Bédier pp. 10-1; i pp. 3-4. [81] There had been Belgian soldiers with a machine-gun in the village. [82] k18. [83] Reply p. 128. [84] Davignon p. 97. [85] xv p. 20. [86] c1-38; Belg. xxi pp. 111-4; Anns. 1, 7; Reply pp. 147-178; German White Book, A; Struyken; Davignon p. 97. [87] Reply No. 1; g2. [88] c1, 6, 9, 15; R. No. 9. [89] c1, 15; R. Nos. 4, 9, 11. [90] German White Book, A 2. [91] White Book A 3, Appendix. [92] White Book A 5. [93] A 4. [94] White Book A 5. [95] cp. A 3, Appendix. [96] c 4, 8. [97] R. No. 3; c 12. [98] White Book A 2 and 3 (Appendix). [99] c 1, 4, 5; R. No. 11. [100] R. Nos. 9, 10, 15. [101] R. No. 16. [102] c 7, 13, 20, 23-5; R. Nos. 12, 13, 15, 16. [103] R. No. 9. [104] cp. the treatment of the monks at Louvain, p. 137 below. [105] Davignon, p. 97. [106] R. p. 171. [107] c39-45. [108] c3, 23-5, 40; R. No. 10 (Aerschot). [109] c54-6. [110] c48-9, 52; R. pp. 351-3. [111] For his death see footnote on p. 151 below. [112] c60-63. [113] c 46-47. [114] g 16-18. [115] d 1-9. [116] d 10-65; vii p. 54. [117] d 18, 20, 21, 34, 52, 62. [118] d 11, 18, 20, 21, 37, 39, 41, 44. [119] d 36, 38, 40. [120] d 32-4, 38-9. [121] d 12, 13, 16, 17, 20, 21, 25, 27, 29-31, 33, 35, 38, 43, 46, 52, 54-7, 62-5. [122] d 10, 13, 15, 26, 47. [123] d 36, cp. 37. [124] vii p. 54. [125] d 66-83. [126] d 67-9, 72, 75. [127] d 66, 69-72, 77-9. [128] d 74, cp. 81. [129] d 87-9; g 20. [130] xv p. 22; g 18; d 90-1, 26. [131] x pp. 78-9. [132] Mercier. [133] d 92-3. [134] d 112-4; cp. Massart, pp. 338-9. [135] g 22. [136] k 21. [137] Reply p. 431; Mercier. [138] d 125. [139] 94. [140] d 100-8. [141] R. pp. 378-380. [142] d 110-1. [143] d 95-9. [144] Mercier. [145] “Germans,” p. 26. [146] e23. [147] R29; cp. “Germans,” p. 9; Chambry, p. 14; e5; R24. [148] “Germans,” p. 15; R24. [149] Chambry, p. 16. [150] e2; R7, 10. [151] R24; Chambry, p. 17. [152] “Horrors,” p. 31. [153] e25. [154] R24; cp. R11; e2; “Germans,” p. 25. [155] e23. [156] e2; R18. [157] “Germans,” p. 25. [158] “Germans,” p. 26; R24. [159] “Horrors,” p. 31. [160] R7, 24. [161] R10. [162] R1, 24; “Germans,” pp. 28-9. [163] R29. [164] R2, 24, 29. [165] “Germans,” p. 31; Grondijs, p. 34; e 1; R1, 8, 11, 17. [166] “Germans,” pp. 31-2. [167] e 1. [168] e 1; “Germans,” p. 32; D7, 8. [169] “Germans,” p. 32. [170] “Germans,” p. 32; Davignon, p. 97; R17. [171] Chambry, p. 21; e3; R17. [172] R7; D46. [173] D46. [174] D46. [175] D7, 8. [176] e1; R8. [177] R7, 17. [178] Chambry, pp. 22-3. [179] R6. [180] D7, 10, 12, 13, 14-18, 22; cp. D46. [181] R6. [182] R4. [183] R7. [184] D46. [185] D8. [186] e8. [187] D8, 22. [188] R20. [189] R3. [190] “Germans,” p. 33. [191] R3. [192] R13. [193] e 1; cp. R8. [194] Morgan, p. 102. [195] Chambry, p. 23. [196] R2. [197] “Horrors,” p. 38. [198] “Germans,” p. 33. [199] R27. [200] Also in the Rue Vital Decoster , north of the Rue de la Station (R13). [201] D29; cp. R2. [202] D20; cp. D25, 27. [203] “Germans,” pp. 41, 107; e24; R29. [204] “Germans,” p. 107; Grondijs p. 58. [205] e5; cp. e13; R10. [206] xxi p. 115. [207] R5. [208] D20. [209] D9. [210] R13. [211] D9. [212] D3. [213] D1. [214] D10. [215] “Germans” pp. 33-5. [216] R25. [217] R29 (Statement by the Abbé van den Bergh, accredited by His Eminence Cardinal Piffl, Prince-Bishop of Vienna, to conduct inquiries on behalf of the Wiener Priester-Verein); cp. R25. [218] e8. [219] R3; cp. e24. [220] R29; cp. e26. [221] D1 (von Boehn), 2, 3 (von Manteuffel), 9, 49 (2). [222] e13; cp. R17, 24. [223] D3. [224] D2; cp. D11. [225] D36 (1). [226] D36 (2). [227] Area of incendiarism : “Eye-witness” p. 1; “Horrors” pp. 39, 43; “Germans” pp. 35-8, 92; Chambry pp. 25, 92; Apparatus : e2, 13; R8, 13; cp. also D31, 37 (2) [228] R24. [229] D46. [230] R8; e23; cp. “Germans” p. 46. [231] R13; cp. e14, 28. [232] e13; cp. e24. [233] D4. [234] R14 (Grondijs); cp. R19, 29. [235] R29; cp. “Eye-witness” p. 3; “Germans” p. 37; R25. [236] e2, 23; R10, 11, 18, 24. [237] e1; R8. [238] R10. [239] D46. [240] R8, 26; e14. [241] e1. [242] e8; cp. “Horrors” p. 39; e17; R8, 15, 17. [243] D9; cp. R24; e14 (M. David-Fischbach’s servant). [244] Chambry pp. 26-7. [245] “Germans” p. 42. [246] e16. [247] e1. [248] e15. [249] e17. [250] e15. [251] e19. [252] e17. [253] e13. [254] Grondijs p. 39. [255] “Germans” pp. 46-7. [256] R19. [257] “Germans” p. 43. [258] R2. [259] R11, 17. [260] R13. [261] e1, 9, 13; R7, 8, 26. [262] D37 (2). [263] Grondijs p. 41. [264] “Germans” pp. 43-5; e2. [265] R24. [266] D2. [267] “Horrors” p. 40; “Germans” p. 47; xxi p. 115; R6, 10. [268] e3. [269] e4; cp. R7. [270] e1 = R8; cp. R1, 7. [271] R17. [272] e3. [273] e1 = R8. [274] Killed, October, 1914. [275] D38. [276] e4; cp. R20. [277] e4. [278] D38. [279] D48. [280] D38. [281] e13. [282] R9. [283] D19; cp. D37 (3), 41, 43. [284] e13; cp. Chambry pp. 38-9. [285] “Eye-witness” p. 4; cp. “Horrors” p. 39; Chambry pp. 33, 71-2; D37 (2). [286] e2. [287] Grondijs pp. 50-1. [288] e4; R9. [289] D44. [290] R1, 7, 8 (= e1), 20, 26. [291] R26 (his deposition); cp. Grondijs, pp. 70-1. [292] R1, 8 (= e1). [293] R1, 7, 26. [294] R1, 8. [295] R26. [296] R7. [297] R8. [298] xxi p. 117; e18, 21; R22; “Germans” pp. 59-61. [299] e21. [300] e21. [301] e18. [302] R22; cp. e18, 21; “Germans” p. 60. [303] R22; e18. [304] xxi p. 117. [305] cp. p. 76 above. [306] R23. [307] Chambry p. 33; Grondijs p. 47. [308] A German soldier was so much shocked at this that he fetched the milk himself. [309] e3 = R15; R17. [310] “Germans” pp. 52-4, 71; Chambry pp. 40-1, 73; “Horrors” pp. 40-1; Grondijs p. 52; “Eye-witness” p. 5; e2; R11; D31. [311] “Germans” p. 54. [312] xxi p. 116. [313] R11. [314] Chambry pp. 53-4. [315] R11. [316] e2. [317] R12. [318] “Eye-witness” pp. 5-9; “Germans” p. 58; Grondijs pp. 61-71 (= R14); Chambry p. 73; R4, 13, 21 (= xxi pp. 117-9; “Eye-witness” pp. 8-9). [319] R13. [320] R22. [321] “Eye-witness” p. 5. [322] R21. [323] “Eye-witness” p. 6. [324] R21; “Eye-witness” p. 7. [325] R21. [326] R21. [327] “Germans” p. 72; “Horrors” p. 42; cp. Chambry p. 56. [328] e3. [329] R24. [330] “Grondijs” p. 51. [331] e4. [332] e8. [333] R10. [334] R24. [335] e26. [336] Chambry p. 86; v. p. 29. [337] R11. [338] “Germans” pp. 73, 89. [339] R10. [340] R13. [341] Chambry pp. 74-7. [342] R19. [343] e16. [344] R19. [345] R24. [346] Chambry p. 52. [347] R19. [348] D19. [349] “Germans” p. 107; Grondijs p. 58; cp. p. 105 above. [350] D21. [351] R27 (Deposition of Mgr. Deploige, President of the Institut Supérieur de Philosophie and Director of the Hôpital St.-Thomas ); R29 (Report by Abbé Van den Bergh, accredited by His Eminence Cardinal Piffl, Prince-Bishop of Vienna, to make enquiries on behalf of the Vienna Priester-Verein). [352] e3. [353] R16. [354] e3. [355] R17. [356] e3. [357] D34. [358] This was the Priest of Herent , the Abbé van Bladel, whose body was exhumed at Louvain on Jan. 14th, 1915, in the Station Square (R30). [359] e5, 7, 17; R16. [360] R16; cp. e10. [361] e3, 7, 17; “Germans” p. 68 (Narrative of a Bulgarian student). [362] e3, 7, 10, 17; “Germans” p. 68. [363] e3, 5, 10; R17. [364] e3, 7, 17. [365] e3. [366] e5. [367] e10. [368] e5. [369] e17. [370] e10; confirmed by e11. [371] e5. [372] e3; cp. e7; R17. [373] e3. [374] e10, 11. [375] e16. [376] e16. [377] e10. [378] R16. [379] e5. [380] e3 = R15. [381] e7; cp. e10. [382] R16; cp. e10; R17; “Germans” p. 68. [383] e17. [384] e17; R16. [385] R15. [386] e16. [387] e5. [388] e5. [389] e3. [390] e7, 10, 17; R16, 17. [391] e17; cp. e3; R15, 16, 17. [392] e7; R16, 17. [393] e3, 17; R15. [394] e17. [395] e3; R15. [396] R16. [397] e13. [398] “Germans” p. 84 seqq. ; R27. [399] “Germans” p. 86; R27. [400] Ann. 8 (Extract from the Diary of Gaston Klein); cp. Bryce p. 80, No. 32.

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