Project Gutenberg 2016-11-30 Public domain in the USA. 191 Belgium. Commission d'enquête sur la violation des règles du droit des gens, des lois et des coutumes de la guerre Belgium. Commission d'enquete sur la violation des regles du droit des gens, des lois et des coutumes de la guerre Cooreman, Gerard 1852 1926 17016539 The Martyrdom of Belgium Official Report of Massacres of Peaceable Citizens, Women and Children by The German Army Produced by Cindy Horton, Brian Coe, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Martyrdom of Belgium" by Gerard Cooreman is a historical account written during the early 20th century. This book documents the atrocities committed by the German Army against Belgian civilians during World War I, aiming to provide official testimonies and evidence regarding the violation of international law and human rights in Belgium. Cooreman's work serves as an indictment of the brutality of the German military's actions and the suffering of innocents caught in the conflict. The narrative of "The Martyrdom of Belgium" compiles reports from the Official Belgian Commission of Inquiry, recounting incidents of violence, massacres, and terror inflicted upon unarmed Belgian citizens, including women and children, in towns such as Namur, Tamines, Andenne, and Dinant. The testimonies reveal systematic acts of brutality, including indiscriminate executions and the destruction of homes, alongside the culture of pillage enacted by occupying forces. Cooreman emphasizes that these events were not isolated incidents but a deliberate strategy of oppression sanctioned by the German military authority, stressing the deep moral implications of such warfare against a neutral and peaceable nation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en World War, 1914-1918 -- Atrocities D501 Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 84763 2025-06-21T11:16:43.455879 text/html 61464 2024-10-23T01:27:18 text/html 143888 2025-06-21T11:16:46.160838 application/epub+zip 142409 2025-06-21T11:16:44.066852 application/epub+zip 98715 2025-06-21T11:16:43.740829 application/epub+zip 176542 2025-06-21T11:16:47.960805 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 165546 2025-06-21T11:16:45.855894 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 122402 2022-09-24T11:28:46.735373 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 73267 2025-06-21T11:16:43.280829 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 53202 2024-10-23T01:27:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16766 2025-06-21T11:16:48.112873 application/rdf+xml 11116 2025-06-21T11:16:43.828838 image/jpeg 1713 2025-06-21T11:16:43.780837 image/jpeg 148843 2025-06-21T11:16:43.466856 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia