There is documentary proof of the existence of special incendiary
equipments brought from Germany (pumps, concentrated
cubes, &c.). The districts mentioned here were destroyed in
this manner

Agricultural Implements carried off or destroyed.

Voyennes (Somme).

German troops.

1st Report of French Commission of Enquiry, No. 127.

Nos. 135 et seq.

Nos. 254 et seq.

Guiscard (Somme).

"

Nesle (Somme)..

GREECE

POLAND

A town unlawfully bombarded and then set on fire by means of petrol. The most prosperous part was completely looted and then destroyed

Austrian troops..

Catellani's Report, pp. 99, 100, 101, 122, 123, 124, 160, 200, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211.

German military author- Memorandum of Polish Delegation, ities.

Methodical destruction of buildings, especially those relating to Unspecified.. Various places.. judicial institutions

Destruction of bridges, railways, depôts, works of art.

ities German troops.

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.

of

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.

Attack by night. 90 incendiary bombs and some H. E. bombs dropped. 1 woman killed, 1 man injured. No opposition Attack by night. 47 incendiary bombs and 23 H. E. grenades dropped. 2 women killed, 1 child injured. No opposition Attack by night, in clear atmosphere and full moon. The parts attacked were occupied by purely civilian inhabitants (Shoreditch, Whitechapel, and the Kingsland Road). There were no military objectives in the vicinity of the parts attacked. 89 incendiary bombs and 30 H. E. grenades dropped. 7 civilians killed, 33 injured. No opposition

The objective was the civilian part of the town, and not any mili- March 5, 1916. Hull.. tary objective. Clear night; town clearly distinguishable. Dropped 7 H. E. and 15 incendiary bombs. 18 civilians killed, 52 injured; no military casualties

Attack by night, favourable visibility. Main attack on the town Apr. 2-3, 1916 Edinburgh (the city). itself. The airman descended to a height of 2,000 ft., as he found the town unprotected by guns." Dropped 18 H. E. and 6 incendiary bombs. The casualties confined to civilians: 9 men and 2 children killed, 6 men, 13 women, and 5 children injured. Considerable damage

3 H.E. bombs dropped...

Battle cruisers and cruisers were accompanied by destroyers.
Scarborough. No fixed defence, and no work of military and
naval utility. In the main, the bombardment was a wanton
and recklessly indicriminate shelling of the town from end to
end. 17 civilians killed, 120 injured; damage to certain dwell-
ings-£30,000

Whitby. No fixed defence. Damage to civilian property-
£10,000
West Hartlepool.-No fixed defence. Indiscriminate bombard-
ment of the town. 56 civilians were killed or subsequently died
of injuries, 222 were more or less seriously injured; 506 houses
and a number of churches and schools were damaged

Jan. 27, 1917..

Jan. 30, 1917.

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 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

"

Castle." 48.50 N., 10.40 W.

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. 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

s. s. "Jeanne Conseil." 47.20 N., 3.55 W.

Torpedoed and sunk without warning by unseen submarine, July 10, 1918.. s. s. "Lyndiane." which afterwards came to surface and rammed the boats containing the crew. The assailants langhed at the men in the water. 35 lives lost out of 44

"Off north

coast of Spain

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. submarine, which continued to fire after the vessel had hoisted the white flag and lowered her boats

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

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.