The following is the eighth report of the Belgian Commission of Inquiry on the Violation of the Rules of International Law and of the Laws and Customs of War, addressed to M. Carton de Wiart, Belgian Minister of Justice 'M. lo Ministre, We have the honour to place before you a report summing up the conclusions of the inquiry made on the spot concerning acts of violence and pillage, arson, and murder of peaceable inhabitants, which marked the progress of the German Army acroes the province of Belgian Luxemburg during the months of August and September 1914.
1) Arrest or Hostaces.
The Germans systematically arrested hostages. The treatment of them varied much. In certain places they were not seriously maltreated. In other places they were subjected to abominable treatment. For instance, at Marche, the three principal magi strafes of the neighbourhood were,
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