Chapter I: Front Matter

GERMAN ATROCITIES

GERMAN ATROCITIES
AN OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION

BY

J. H. MORGAN, M.A.,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW,
PROFESSOR OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON;
LATE HOME OFFICE COMMISSIONER WITH THE BRITISH
EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

_Mentem mortalia tangunt_

NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
681 FIFTH AVENUE

COPYRIGHT, 1916,
BY
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY

Printed in the U.S.A.

TO

M. ARMAND MOLLARD

MINISTRE PLENIPOTENTIAIRE,

MEMBER OF “LA COMMISSION INSTITUÉE
EN VUE DE CONSTATER LES ACTES COMMIS
PAR L’ENNEMI EN VIOLATION DU DROIT DES GENS,”
THIS WORK IS DEDICATED
IN RECOGNITION OF HIS COURTESY AND COLLABORATION
IN THE PURSUIT OF A COMMON TASK.

CONTENTS

PAGE

DEDICATION v

PREFATORY NOTE ix

CHAPTER

I.--INTRODUCTORY:
(1) The British Enquiry 1
(2) The German Case--a critical Analysis of
the German White Book 6
(3) German Credibility--a Review of the Evidence 30
(4) The Future of International Law and the
Question of Retribution 44

II.--THE BRITISH ENQUIRY IN FRANCE:
(1) Methods of Enquiry 60
(2) Outrages upon Combatants in the Field 64
(3) Treatment of Civil Population 76
(4) Outrages upon Women--the German Occupation
of Bailleul 81
(5) Private Property 84
(6) Observations on a Tour of the Marne and
the Aisne 85
(7) Bestiality of German Officers and Men 87
(8) Conclusion 90

III.--DOCUMENTARY (NEW EVIDENCE):
(1) Depositions and Statements (Fifty-six in
number) illustrating breaches of the Laws
of War by German Troops, mainly Outrages
on British Soldiers 93

(2) Documents relative to the German Occupation
of Bailleul 122

(3) Evidence relating to the Murder of Eleven
Civilians at Doulieu 134

(4) Deposition of a Survivor of the Massacre of
Tamines 137

(5) Five German Diaries 139

(6) Documents forwarded by the Russian Government 146

(7) The German White Book: The Introductory
Memorandum 158

(8) Depositions relating to the Massacre of
Wounded and Captive Highlanders by a
German Bombing Party on September
25th, 1915, at Haisnes 169

(9) Depositions as to the use of Incendiary Bullets
by the German Troops 174

(10) Depositions as to the Employment by German
Troops of Russian Prisoners upon
Military Works on the Western Front 177

PREFATORY NOTE

Professor Morgan desires to express his obligations to the Russian Embassy, the Foreign Office, the Home Office, the French Ministry of War, and the General Headquarters Staff of the British Expeditionary Force for the assistance which they have given him. For the opinions expressed in Part IV. of the Introductory Chapter Professor Morgan is alone responsible. The whole of the documents given in the “Documentary Chapter” of this book (except the Memorandum from the German White Book which has been published in German, though not, of course, in English) are now published for the first time.

GERMAN ATROCITIES