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[Illustration: THE INVADED COUNTRY]

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THE GERMAN TERROR IN BELGIUM


  _An Historical Record_

  BY
  ARNOLD J. TOYNBEE
  LATE FELLOW OF BALLIOL COLLEGE,
  OXFORD

  NEW YORK
  GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
  MCMXVII

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  COPYRIGHT, 1917,
  BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

  PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA




PREFACE


The subject of this book is the treatment of the civil population in
the countries overrun by the German Armies during the first three
months of the European War. The form of it is a connected narrative,
based on the published documents[1] and reproducing them by direct
quotation or (for the sake of brevity) by reference.

With the documents now published on both sides it is at last
possible to present a clear narrative of what actually happened. The
co-ordination of this mass of evidence, which has gradually accumulated
since the first days of invasion, is the principal purpose for which
the book has been written. The evidence consists of first-hand
statements--some delivered on oath before a court, others taken down
from the witnesses without oath by competent