The German Terror in Belgium: An Historical Record

Chapter 23: Transcriber’s Notes:

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A document-based narrative compiles first-hand statements, official reports, and maps to reconstruct the treatment of the civil population during the early German invasion of Belgium. It organizes testimony and published documents along the routes taken by different army columns, presenting a chronological account of incidents, military movements, and their effects on towns and civilians, with attention to contested interpretations and evidentiary conflicts. Illustrations, maps, and appendices support chapters that trace events from the frontier through key places and culminate in the destruction at Louvain, allowing readers to assess the assembled documentary record.

Transcriber’s Notes:

Footnotes have been moved to the end of the text and relabeled consecutively through the document.

Illustrations have been moved to paragraph breaks near where they are mentioned.

Punctuation has been made consistent.

Variations in spelling and hyphenation were retained as they appear in the original publication, except that obvious typos have been corrected.

Abbreviations for references have inconsistent spacing, such as c1 versus c 1, and these have been left as they appear in the original publication.

Changes have been made as follows:

Footnote 86: Struycken changed to Struyken (A; Struyken; Davignon)

Footnote 139: Reference letter is missing and is probably d (d 94).