20.-WANTON DESTRUCTION OF RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL, AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND MONUMENTS. 8th Report of French Commission of Enquiry, No. 104 and 105. 9th Report of French Commission of Enquiry, No. 252. Austro-Hungarian armies. Castellani Report, pp. 99-101, 122-124, 21.-DESTRUCTION OF MERCHANT SHIPS AND PASSENGER VESSELS WITHOUT WARNING AND WITHOUT PROVISION FOR THE SAFETY OF PAS After the boats were lowered the submarine continued to fire, The steamer carried a crew of 95 and 147 passengers: only 20 min- Submarine opened fire while the crew were lowering the boats. Torpedoed without warning. Only 5 boats got away, 213 of the crew and 121 passengers losing their lives through the explosion or by drowning Mar. 27, 1915. British s. s. 'Aguila,' 51.05 German submarine. Aug. 17, 1915. British s. s. 'Glenby,' 52.09 Dec. 30, 1915.. British s. s. "Persia." 34.01 German submarine. British Report. 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. 1 See also under Nos. 22 and 24. 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.... 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.. British s. s. "Torrington." 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 of 33 Carrying 749 passengers, many of whom were women and chil- Sept. 17, 1918. British s. s. "Galway dren. Torpedoed without warning by an unseen submarine. 143 lives lost 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 7th Report of French Commission of Enquiry, Nos. 37-40. 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 The "Letimbro" attacked without warning by an Austrian July 30, 1916.. The "Letimbro." Between Austrian submarine. submarine, which continued to fire after the vessel had hoisted the white flag and lowered her boats 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. " The Atlantic Ocean 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.-DELIBERATE BOMBARDMENT OF HOSPITALS *See also under Nos. 21 and 24. Was carrying all the proper marks and lights, but was torpedoed without warning. 234 lives lost out of 258 persons carried While burning her lights brightly, was torpedoed and sunk without warning. 14 boats were lowered and all hands saved, except four men who were probably killed by the explosion Torpedoed and sunk without warning. Carrying no patients Feb. 26, 1918. "Glenart Castle." Off German submarine.. but full medical staff. Showing all proper markings and lights. 153 lives lost out of 182 Showing all proper markings and lights; had 438 wounded on Mar. 10, 1918. "Guildford Castle." Bris- German submarine. board. Hit without warning by a torpedo, which did not explode BELGIUM 25.-BREACH OF OTHER RULES RELATING TO THE RED CROSS Shots fired from a German car by our men wearing Red Cross badges FRANCE Stretcher-bearers Carrying Wounded Treacherously Fired on. In 1914, stretcher-bearers of the 267th Regiment were sent on to Wanton Massacre of Medical Personnel and Wounded. On August 22, 1914, after the battle of F the (Belgium), a dressing Aug. 22, 1914 station having been set up, a German lieutenant examined it and declared that everything was in order. Later, however, an enemy. C. O., accompanied by several men, ordered doctors, orderlies, and wounded in one of the rooms to go out and be shot. When it was explained that they were all wounded men or medical staff, the N. C. O. ordered his men Ethe (Belgium).. |