HC Deb 12 May 1915 vol 71 cc1624-5
15. Mr. HOUSTON

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he has any information regarding the crucifixion of three Canadian soldiers recently captured by the Germans, who nailed them with bayonets to the side of a wooden structure?

Mr. TENNANT

No, Sir; no information as to such an atrocity having been perpetrated has yet reached the War Office.

Mr. HOUSTON

Is the right hon. Gentleman not aware that Canadian officers and Canadian soldiers who were eye-witnesses of these fiendish outrages have made affidavits? Has the officer in command at the base at Boulogne not called the attention of the War Office to them?

Mr. HARCOURT

No, Sir. We have no record of it.

Mr. HOUSTON

Will the right hon. Gentleman inquire into the matter?

Mr. HARCOURT

Yes, Sir.