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 PASSENGERS AND CREW. British s. s. "Clan Macfar- 1 See also under Nos. 22 and 24. Reference. 21.-DESTRTCTION OF MERCHANT SHIPS AND PASSENGER VESSELS WITHOUT WARNING AND WITHOUT PROVISION FOR THE SAFETY OF PASSENGERS AND CREW-Continued. British Report. Torpedoed without warning. Master and 34 of the crew lost. Jan. 27, 1917. British s. s. "Artist.." N., 07.00 W. 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 British smack "Trevone.' British s. s. "Torrington." 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. FRANCE 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 tó 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 The "Ancona." Between Sardinia and Tunisia German submarine. Catellani's Report, p. 32: British Report An emigrant steamer torpedoed without warning. About 300 Nov. 7, 1915.. 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 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 22.-DESTRUCTION OF FISHING BOATS AND OF RELIEF SHIPS Feb. 4, 1917.. Danish s. s. "Lars Kruse." 20° N. of Ushant German submarine*. British Report. 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 When 160 miles off the coast of Ireland, the crew of the "Ber- May 1, 1916.. 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 French fishing-boat, "Bernadette." The Atlantic Ocean German submarine. 23.-DELIBERATE BOMBARDMENT OF HOSPITALS The hospital area of Étaples was attacked by 12 machines for May 31-June Étaples (France).. 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) 7th Report of French Commission of Enquiry, Nos. 46-51. BELGIUM 25.-BREACH OF OTHER RULES RELATING TO THE RED CROSS Shots fired from a German car by iour men wearing Red Cross Aug. 19, 1914 Beauvechain. badges In 1914, stretcher-bearers of the 267th Regiment were sent on to the battlefield during a lull to bring in the dead and wounded. The Germans at first allowed them to do so, but when six stretchers had gone out they opened fire 1914. La Neuville (Marne). Wanton Massacre of Medical Personnel and Wounded. On August 22, 1914, after the battle of E 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 N. 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). Nos. 73, 76, 236. |