August 2, igiy 
LAND & WATER 
29 
Translation 
TO THE BELGIAN PEOPLE 
// is to my greatest regret that the German troops find themselves compelled to cross the frontier of Belgium. .They are 
acting under the constraint of inevitable necessity, the neutrality of Belgium having been violated by French officers who, 
in disguise, have crossed Belgian territory in order to invade Germany. 
BELGIANS ' It is my greatest desire that there may yet be means of avoiding a conflict betze/een the two peoples who 
were friends up to now and who not long ago were even allies. Remember the glorious days of Waterloo, when German 
arms contributed to the foundation and establishment of the independence and prosperity of your Fatherland. But we 
must have a free passage. Destruction of bridges, tunnels and railways must be regarded as hostile acts. 
BELGIANS ! The choice rests with you ! I hope that the German Army of the Meuse will not be compelled to icage 
war against you. A free passage to attack is all that we desire. 
I give formal guarantees to the Belgian population that it will have to suffer none of the horrors of war, that we 
will pay in gold for all provisions it may be necessary to obtain from the country, and that our soldiers will prove them- 
selves the best friends with a people for whom we entertain the highest esteem and the greatest sympathy. Upon your 
prudence and intelligent patriotism it depends to spare your country the horrors of war. 
{Signed) Vox Emmich, 
Commander-in Chief of the Army of the Meuse. 
Translation ; 
NOT TO BE TORN DOWN 
German Military Authority. 
The Mayor of the Town of Lunevillc formally requests 
the inhabitants, under threat of the most severe penalties, 
to abstain from making any signals to aeroplanes or 
any other representatives of the French armies. It would 
be most imprudent, even from mere curiosity, to watch tt 
closely the evolutions of machines flying over Lunevillc or to 
attempt to hold communication with the French advanced 
posts. The immediate consequence would be, on the 
part of Colonel Lidl, commanding the station, the seizure 
of a considerable number of hostages, taken from the 
working classes as well as from the bourgeois. 
Both to prevent or restrain action that is criminal in 
war-time ami. to ensure the safety of the German troops 
and of the civil population. The special posts of police, 
provided with a white flag, are to receive by day and by 
night tlu; communications which will be made to them 
on this subject. 
Mayor of Luneville, 
Keller. 
Printed at LunectUe, 47, rue Gambetta. 
Translation : 
NOTICE TO THE MAYOR 
REQuisniox Order. 
The Commune of Luneville will supply, by September 
1st, 1914, ttnder penalty of a fine of 310,000 francs in 
the event of refusal or recalcitrancy : 
I- — 100,000 cigars, or 200,000 cigarettes, or 5.000 l;ilos 
of tobacco : 
2. — 50,000 litres of wine (in casks or in bottles) ; 
3. — J ,000 kilos of tea or cocoa ; 
4. — 10,000 A/7os of sugar ; 
5. — I 000 /litos of roasted coffee : 
6. — 1,000 woollen slocki)igs ; 
7- — .4 quantity of soap, toilet paper or perforated paper. 
a targe number of hanii/;crohiefs and knives ; 
8. — 10 kilos of glycerine ; 
g. — 10 kilos of tallow. 
I add expressly that all the articles delivered must 
be of the f'rst quality, and that if they are not the Commune 
will be held responsible therefor. All protestations will 
be disregarded as null and void. 
Von Fasbender, 
Commander-in-Chief of the 1st Bavarian 
Corps, Army of Reserve. 
Crion, August 2gth, 1914. 
Printed at Luneville, 67, rue Gambetta. 
N.B. — 1,000 kilos = say, 2,200 lbs. 
220 gallons. 
1 ,000 litres = say, 
