some German Military Police, who shot them all at short range with
revolvers. Others had their hands bound so tightly that many screamed
with pain: they spent the night lying on the ground, and were shot the
next day. Many, before execution, were compelled to dig their own
graves. At Dinant, the victims were placed in two rows, the first
kneeling, the second standing. Then came the order--"Fire!" At Tamines,
several hundred men were massed in the Place Saint-Martin, on the bank
of the Sambre. The assassins stood ten yards away and fired a volley.
All fell, but some were not wounded. The officer in command ordered them
to "stand up." A second volley was fired. As soon as the firing
finished, there was a frightful scene which lasted until the
evening--the killing of the wounded. Many soldiers, some wearing the
badge of the Red Cross, approached their victims by the light of small
lanterns, and passed through their ranks, clubbing them with the butt
end of their rifles, and stabbing with bayonets. A perfect shambles!

In these horrors we do not discern the musical note, or the
acknowledgment of the "Old German God." Yet, here is a specimen:--

At Andenne, Colonel Schumann, in command of the Potsdam Rifles,
organised a grand concert in the evening at the Place des Tilleuls. The
entertainment ended with a prayer!

It now remains for us to publish a few extracts from note-books found
upon officers and privates. Some are short items like the
following:--"Pepinster, 12th August. Burgomaster, Priest and
Schoolmaster shot, and houses burnt to the ground. We resume our march."
Another, "Villers-en-Fagne, village in flames. The population had
notified the French of the approach of the grenadiers; thereupon the
hussars set fire to the village, the Parish Priest and others being