Belgians Under the German Eagle
by Jean Massart
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About this eBook
- Author
- Massart, Jean, 1865-1925
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Brian Coe, Moti Ben-Ari, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries ( archive.org/details/toronto)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DH: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg
- Subject
- Belgium -- History -- German occupation, 1914-1918
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 51716
- Release Date
- April 10, 2016
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.BELGIANS UNDER THE GERMAN EAGLE
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.INTRODUCTION — Intellectual Life in Belgium. — FOOTNOTES:
- 5.CHAPTER I THE VIOLATION OF NEUTRALITY — A.—The Preliminaries. — B.—Justification of the Entry into Belgium. — C.—German Accusations against Belgium. — 1. The Report of M. le Baron Greindl, sometime Belgian Minister in Berlin. — 2. The Reports of Generals Ducarne and Jungbluth. — D.—The Declaration of War and the first Hostilities. — FOOTNOTES:
- 6.CHAPTER II VIOLATIONS OF THE HAGUE CONVENTION — A.—The "Reprisals against Francs-tireurs ." — B.—The "Belgian Atrocities." — C.—Violations of the Hague Convention. — FOOTNOTES:
- 7.CHAPTER III THE GERMAN MIND, SELF-DEPICTED — A.—Pride. — 1. Militarism. — 2. Disdain of Others. — 3. Cynicism. — B.—Untruthfulness. — 1. A Few Lies. — C.—Incitements to Disunion. — D.—A Few Details of the Administration of Belgium. — E.—Ferocity. — 1. Aggravations. — 2. Physical Tortures. — FOOTNOTES:
- 8.INDEX
- 9.Transcriber's Note
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