ATROCITIES IN GERMAN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA
SHOCKING TREATMENT OF BRITISH PRISONERS By Telegraph—Press .Association-Copyright (Ike. April 23, 5.5 p.m.) f A sensation has been created by the "Natal report mto tho akocitics « * ifah « ■ •Some of the revelations are shocking, even German witnesses admitting that the prisoners were persistently starved. Instances are quoted of prisoners fain" hlLl n? J U n"f,f'' "l stall rf ln g 1,1 Queues awaiting an opportunity to drink the ™I V fflr r C T- 11» men were forced to-go half-naked among the omen Kaffire. Specific instances of gross outrages on British' officers arc l Selt s, ordered thorn to bo placed in' irons during transit from place to place. Captain Geary, taken Prisoner at Sandfontein, was kept in solitary conhncment tor 6* months in a coll 13ft. by 7ft., infested- with, insects, and under shocking sanitary conditions. British civilians with women and children were confined in the common gaols, s i oe ping ten in each cell, with looked ■ doors, m a foul atmosphere and with scanty .food. The 6 ick mid wounded were grossly neglected in. the field until tho German wounded were attended to. ' aUtll ° rS ° f th ® olttra S es all at liberty
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2753, 24 April 1916, Page 5
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200ATROCITIES IN GERMAN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2753, 24 April 1916, Page 5
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