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  THE MARTYRDOM OF BELGIUM

  OFFICIAL REPORT OF

  Massacres of Peaceable Citizens, Women and Children

  BY THE

  German Army

  TESTIMONY OF EYE-WITNESSES


    “It is by a deep study of the history of wars
    that one may protect oneself against exaggerated
    humanitarian ideas.”
      --“KRIEGSGEBRAUCH IM LANDKRIEGE”
    Published by the German General Staff, 1902.
    Pages 6 and 7.


  THE W. STEWART BROWN COMPANY, INC. PRINTERS BALTIMORE, MD.




PREFACE.


The Official Belgian Commission of Inquiry, which has been charged