Show all male inhabitants shot A shell burst near the eleventh company and wounded seven men three ery cry severely at five we mere ft ere ordered by the officer in command ot of the regiment to shoot nil all the male inhabitants of domeny because the population was foolishly attempting to stay the advance of the german troops by force of arms we broke into the houses and seized all who resist resisted cd in order to execute them a according ecord lag to martial law the houses which had not been already destroyed by the french artillery and our own were set on fire by us so that warly the whole town was reduced to ashes it Is a terrible sight eight when helpless women and children utterly destitute are herded together and driven into france fron from the diary of private fischer Fl eighth bavarian regiment of infantry thirty third reserve division |