Arson. There is documentary proof of the existence of special incendiary Agricultural Implements carried off or destroyed. Such implements were frequently carried off or destroyed, as, for example, in the districts mentioned opposite Mar. 1917.... Voyennes (Somme).. GREECE Great number of Greek houses devastated and many Greek 1916-1918.. ITALY " Serres, Drama, Cavalla, and Bulgarian authorities.. On the Italian front the Austro-Hungarian Army perpetrated Various dates Italian front. general and systematic acts of devastation and pillage POLAND A town unlawfully bombarded and then set on fire by means of 1914. Kalisz. Nos. 135 et seq. Nos. 254 et seq. 9th Report of French Commission of Enquiry, No. 241. 8th Report of French Commission of Enquiry, No. 92. "No. 235. Methodical destruction of buildings, especially those relating to Unspecified.. Various places.... judicial institutions Destruction of bridges, railways, depôts, works of art. German military author- Memorandum of the Roumanian Deleities German troops. Serbia: Department of Top- Bulgarian authorities. litza (village of Alexandrovatz; Commune Grgouré); Communes of Bania, Ratcha, Dobrodol, Ivankoula, Loukovo Doiran, Valandovo, District of Velès, Monastir. N.W. Serbia. Austrian troops. Rapport de la Commission Interalliée, p. 34 (and Annexes au Rapport). Rapport du Dr. Reiss. Houses and villages entirely rased to the ground, on pretext of military reasons or suppression of insurrection, and sometimes even without any pretext at all 1915-1918. The Austrians, at the time of their first invasion, destroyed numerous villages and set fire to houses 1914. 20.-WANTON DESTRUCTION OF RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL, AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND MONUMENTS. Destruction of Burial Places. See the examples here given..... 21.-DESTRUCTION OF MERCHANT SHIPS AND PASSENGER VESSELS WITHOUT WARNING AND WITHOUT PROVISION FOR THE SAFETY OF PASSENGERS AND CREW. after sinking the ship. After the boats were lowered the submarine continued to fire, Mar. 27, 1915. British s. s. 'Aguila,' 51.05 German submarine. killing or wounding several of the crew, and killing a lady passenger. The submarine offered no assistance, and went away N., 06.11 W. The steamer carried a crew of 95 and 147 passengers: only 20 min- Mar. 28, 1915. British s. s. 'Falaba,' 51.32 utes elapsed between the submarine's warning and the sinking of the ship, so that it was impossible to transfer this number of people to the boats. 104 lives were lost. N., 06.40 W. Submarine opened fire while the crew were lowering the boats. 2 men missing. Torpedoed without warning. Only 5 boats got away, 213 of the crew and 121 passengers losing their lives through the explosion or by drowning Torpedoed without warning. A number of boats, with master Dec. 30, 1915.. British s. s. "Clan Macfar and 51 members of the crew, were lost Lost, without trace; but her name appeared on a German list (March 6, 1917) of English steamers sunk Oct. 1916.. lane." 34.05 N., 25.35 E. British s. s. "Clearfield." W. of Scotland. 1 See also under Nos. 22 and 24. Aug. 17, 1915. Dec. 30, 1915.. British s. s. 'Glenby,' 52.09 Reference. 21.-DESTRTCTION OF MERCHANT SHIPS AND PASSENGER VESSELS WITHOUT WARNING AND WITHOUT PROVISION FOR THE SAFETY OF Torpedoed without warning. Master and 34 of the crew lost.... Jan. 27, 1917.. British s. s. "Artist " Jan. 30, 1917.. British smack "Trevone. " Attacked without warning. Master and cook washed overboard, could easily have been rescued, but the Germans took no notice of them Torpedoed without warning whilst going to assist the life-boats April 8, 1917. of another ship that had been sunk, and 5 minutes later the submarine opened fire with shrapnel, and kept on firing whilst the crew were trying to save themselves. Only one survivor Carrying 749 passengers, many of whom were women and chil- Sept. 17, 1918. dren. Torpedoed without warning by an unseen submarine. 143 lives lost of 33 FRANCE German submarine British Report. " Oct. 26, 1914.. Mar. 24, 1916.. s. s. "Amiral Ganteaume." The Channel s. s. "Sussex." The Channel German submarine. 2,200 refugees on board: was torpedoed without warning three miles from Cape Gris-Nez. There were 20 victims Torpedoed without warning. Only the clever handling by her captain kept her afloat. There were about 100 victims, including many women and children Torpedoed without warning, sinking about a minute later. Nov. 28, 1917. s. s. "Jeanne Conseil." 47.20 Submarine came to surface three minutes after the vessel sank, but no attempt to help any of the crew who were clinging to wreckage. 14 lost out of 35 persons N., 3.55 W. Torpedoed and sunk without warning by unseen submarine, July 10, 1918.. which afterwards came to surface and rammed the boats containing the crew. The assailants laughed at the men in the water. 35 lives lost out of 44 ITALY An emigrant steamer torpedoed without warning. About 300 lives lost out of about 450 passengers and crew. Survivors who approached submarine pushed back into the water with jeers TheLetimbro" attacked without warning by an Austrian July 30, 1916. submarine, which continued to fire after the vessel had hoisted the white flag and lowered her boats JAPAN Torpedoed without warning, and sank in 49 minutes. Many wounded Without any warning was struck by two torpedoes, and sank in seven minutes. Of the 241 persons on board (crew and passengers) 211 perished, including three women and six children The "Letimbro." Between Benghasi and Syracuse 22.-DESTRUCTION OF FISHING BOATS AND OF RELIEF SHIPS BELGIUM A Belgian Relief Steamer carrying a cargo of grain from Buenos Ayres to Rotterdam for the Belgian Relief Commission. She bore the Neutral Commission's flags and markings. The German authorities in the United States had stated that they did not mean to interfere with relief ships. But the vessel was torpedoed without warning, her crew of 18 being all drowned, except the chief engineer FRANCE Feb. 4, 1917.. Danish s. s. "Lars Kruse." German submarine*. 20° N. of Ushant British Report. nadette." Ocean The Atlantic When 160 miles off the coast of Ireland, the crew of the "Ber- May 1, 1916... French fishing-boat, "Ber- German submarine.. nadette," a fishing-vessel, were ordered by a submarine to take to the boats. The skipper was refused time to take the necessary provisions. The boats were left on the open sea, and of the 34 men comprising the crew only 24 were rescued by various vessels, after having been five or six days exposed to very great dangers, to hunger and to thirst 7th Report of French Commission of Enquiry, Nos. 46-51. 135546-19-23 23.-DELIBERATE BOMBARDMENT OF HOSPITALS The hospital area of Étaples was attacked by 12 machines for an hour; 140 bombs dropped. Magnesium lights were dropped over the hospital, followed by bombs. The crosses would be visible from the height of the assailants (5,000 ft.) Casualties.-In the hospital area, 27 killed (including 1 sister), 79 wounded (including 4 sisters) Numerous instances of firing on properly marked hospitals, At various Italian front.. motor ambulances, &c. Hospital bombarded. *See also under Nos. 21 and 24. |