In several places beds were lying in the gardens, and from behind these beds, which were evidently placed there as a protection, fire was opened upon us.
At another place three persons in women's clothes advanced towards us and then disappeared behind a bush. I had time to call out, "Don't shoot; they are women." At the same instant we were fired at from this bush also.
At the end of the village two or three cows came into a garden towards us, and at once two shots were fired at us from the direction of the cows. We then saw that, sheltering behind a cow, a man had also approached and fired at us. This man was shot dead by one of our infantrymen.
Signed: LINDEINER (otherwise VON WILDAU). Signed: VON BUTTLAR, 1st Lieutenant and Regimental Adjutant. Signed: VON ZGLINICKI, President of the Court.
REPORT of 10th Company, Infantry Regiment No. 10.
There appeared as witness Fusilier Helmyss, and made the following statement:
After the fight of August 22nd, 1914, I passed with some comrades through St. Vincent. We were fired upon by civilians, and thereupon forced our way into a house. We here found on tables and window-sills a great deal of sporting ammunition, consisting of discharged cartridge cases and loaded cartridges.
Signed: GOTTFRIED HELMYSS. Signed: TRAUE, Lieutenant and Company Leader.
There appeared as witness the reservist Stellmacher, who made the following statement:
At Thibesart I was sent into the village to fetch a pail of water. I there entered a house and found several large pails full of leaden bullets. I thereupon made a closer search with some of my comrades. We found in this spot a large quantity of sporting ammunition, and behind a wardrobe several sporting-guns hidden away. On the floor lay strewn about discharged cartridge cases.
Signed: AUGUST STELLMACHER. Signed: TRAUE, Lieutenant and Company Leader.
STATEMENT of Captain von Rode, Grenadier Regiment No. 10.
There appeared as witness Captain von Rode, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Regiment No. 10, who made the following statement:
On August 22nd, in the fight at Tintigny, the 1st Company of Grenadier Regiment No. 10 was acting as escort for artillery near Ansart. When the artillery was pushed forward a hot fire was opened on the infantry men by the civilians of the place.