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[**The following is in regards to a ‘collective punishment’ action that was allegedly carried out by the Germans against Belgian civilians during the opening stages of the First World War.**] >In the group at Dinant he saw a wounded French soldier with blood streaming from his head who lay dying, mute and apathetic, refusing all medical help. [Von Hausen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/84/Max_von_Hausen.jpg) ends his description there, too sensitive to tell the fate of Dinant’s citizens. >They were kept in the main square till evening, then lined up, women on one side, men opposite in two rows, one kneeling in front of the other. Two firing squads marched to the center of the square, faced either way, and fired till no more of the targets stood upright. >Six hundred and twelve bodies were identified and buried, including Félix Fivet, aged three weeks. ______________________________________ **Source:** Tuchman, Barbara W. "The Flames of Louvain." *The Guns of August*. New York: Macmillan, 1962. 346, 347. Print. _______________________________________ **Further Reading:** [Dinant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinant) [Max Clemens Lothar Freiherr von Hausen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_von_Hausen)