a) Diary of Pte Hassemer VIII Corps.
«3. 9. 1914. Sommepy (Marne). Horrible massacre. The village burnt to the ground, the French thrown into houses in flames, civilians and all burnt together.»[4]
b) Diary of Lt Kietzmann (2nd Company, 1st Battalion of the 49th Regt of Infantry), dated 18th August (Plate 3).
Plate 3.«A little in front of Diest[5] lies the village of Schaffen. About 50 civilians had hidden in the church tower and had fired on[Pg 11] our men with a machine-gun. All the civilians were shot.»[6]
c) Diary of a Saxon officer (unsigned) (178th Regt XII Army Corps, I Saxon Corps).
“26th August. The pretty village of Gué-d’Hossus in the Ardennes has been burnt, although in
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