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Germanys Atrocities in Belgium Spark Major Inquiry
London reports Viscount Bryce presenting a government inquiry into German troops outrages in Belgium. The Bryce committee cites systematic killings, rapes, arsons, and lootings across Liege, Heuve, Melen, Soumagne, Louvain, Dinant, Namur, Charleroi, Malines, and other towns with witnesses detailing massacres, prisonings, and depredations under orders.
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Belgium
Red Cross
London
Viscount Bryce
Washington
Asquith
Lord Bryce
Frederick Pollock
Edward Clarke
Alfred Hopkinson
H. A. L. Fisher
University of Sheffield
Harold Cox
Kenelm E. Digby
Liege
Herve
Melen
Soumagne
Micheroux
Namur
Charleroi
Dinant
Hofstadt
Aershot
Haecht
Eppeghem
Weerde
Louvain
Gelrod
Malines
Cologne
Dinsburg
Oberburgemaster
Jagers
Meuse
Kurhessian Field Artillery Regiment
Lille
Foot Guards
Bermeton
France
Aerschot
Germany
Great Britain
United States