Note 259, p. 319, note 2 — Chapter VI · MEANS OF SECURING LEGITIMATE WARFARE
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[491] Belligerents sometimes take hostages to secure compliance with requisitions, contributions, ransom bills, and the like, but such cases have nothing to do with illegitimate warfare: see above, § 116, p. 153, note 1, and § 170, p. 213, note 3. The Hague Regulations do not mention the taking of hostages for any purpose.