Note 97 — Chapter III · DOCUMENTARY I (continued 2)

This and the two following depositions are selected from a number of statements, mostly by Russian prisoners in German hands, who succeeded in escaping to the British lines. The statements (b) and (c) by these Russian soldiers are confirmed by the statement (a) which was volunteered by a German soldier, Stephan Grzegoroski, taken prisoner by the British troops. It is hardly necessary to point out that the employment of prisoners of war upon military works and their exposure to fire constitute a flagrant breach, not only of the Hague Regulations, but of the unwritten laws and usages of war.—J. H. M.