belonging to a titled Lieutenant of the Guards, let us quote this
note:--

"Fossé. Village entirely burnt. The 7th Company made
2000 francs in booty."

From another officer's note-book:--

"More than 3000 francs booty for the battalion."

Another diary, after the sacking of a place, gives a detailed account
of the distribution thus:--

"460 francs for the first lieutenant, 390 francs for the
second lieutenant, etc...."

(3) _Doctor thieves:_ At Choisy-au-Bac, two army doctors, wearing their
brassards, personally sacked the house of a family named Binder. At
Château-Thierry some doctors were made prisoners: their mess-tins were
opened and found to be full of stolen articles. After Morhange, a French
doctor of the 20th Corps remained in the German lines to be near his
wounded. He was accosted by one of his German 'confrères.'[3] who with
his own hands stole his watch and pocket-book.

At Raon-sur-Plaine, after the retreat of our troops, Dr. Schneider
remained behind with thirty wounded. Next day up came a German ambulance
with Professor Vulpius, a well-known German scientist of Heidelberg
University, who must have presided over many international medical
congresses. As soon as he was installed, "Herr Professor" intimated to
his French fellow-doctors that he was "going to begin with a small