August 2, 1917 LAND & WATER 33 
PROCLAMITIOH 
Le Tribunal du Gonseil de Guerre Imperial Allemand siegant h Bruxelles a 
prononc^ les condamnations suivantes : 
Sont condaimi^ a mort pour trahisoD eu baode organis^e : 
Edith GA YELL, Institutrice a Bruxelles. 
Philippe BAI\GQ, Arcbltecte a Bruxelles. 
Jeanne de BELLEVILLE, de Montignies. 
Louise THUILIEZ, Professeur h Lille. 
Louis SEVEBIP(. Pharmacien a Bruxelles. 
Albert LIBIEZ, Avocat a Moos. 
Pour le m^me motil, ont m coodamn^s a qufnze aiis de Irdvaux forces : 
Hermann GAPiAU, Ing^nieur a Wasmes. - Ada BODART, a Bruxelles. - 
Georges DERVEAU, Pharmacien a P^turages. - Mary de' GROY, k Bellignies. 
Dans sa m6me seance, le Gonseil de Guerre a prononce contre dix-sept 
autres accuses de trahison envers les Acmees Imperiales, des condamnations 
de travaux forces et de prison variant entre deux ans el huit ans. 
£n ce qui concerne BAINGQ et Edith GAYEIJ., le jugement a deja. 
re^u pleine execution. 
Le General Gouverneur de Bruxelles porte ccs fails a la connaissance 
dn public pour qu'ils servent d'averiissement. 
BraxeUea !• 12 Octobre 1915 
Le Gouverneur de la Ville, 
Oineral VOM BISSIIffO 
Translation ; 
PROCLAMATION. 
The Tribunal of the Imperial German Council of War sitting at Brussels has pronounced the following sentences : 
Condemned to death for conspiracy in treason : Edith Cavell, Nurse at Brussels : Philippe Bancq, A rchitect at Brussels : 
Jeanne de Bellei'ille, of Montignies : Louise Thuiliez, Professor at Lille : Louis Severin, Chemist at Brussels : Albert 
Libiez, barrister at Mons. 
Condemned to fifteen years' hard labour for the same crime : Hermann Capiau, Engineer at Wasmes : Ada Bodarl, 
of Brussels : Georges Derveau, Chemist at Paturages : Mary de Cray, of Bellignies. At the same session the Council of 
War pronounced tvpon seventeen other persons charged with treason against the Imperial Armies sentences to hard labow 
and to imprisonment ranging from two to eight years. 
In the case of Bancq and Edith Cavell, the sentence ha'i already received plenary execution. 
The Governor-General of Brussels brings these facts to the knowledge of the public in order that they may serve as a 
warning. 
Brussels, October i2th, 1915. General vo\ Bissing, 
Governor of the Town, 
