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" When the commander of a besieged place expels the non-combatants, in order to lessen the number of those who consume his stock of provisions, it is lawful, though an extreme measure, to drive them back, so as to hasten on the surrender. "
House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d ... - Page 1
by United States. Congress. House - 1874
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The Institutes of the Law of Nations: A Treatise of the Jural ..., Volume 2

James Lorimer - 1884 - 648 pages
...the hostile belligerent, armed or unarmed, so that it leads to the speedier subjection of the enemy. consume his stock of provisions, it is lawful, though...drive them back, so as to hasten on the surrender. 1 9. Commanders, whenever admissible, inform the enemy of their intention to bombard a place, so that...
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A Digest of the International Law of the United States: Taken from ..., Volume 3

Francis Wharton - 1886 - 862 pages
...peace unnecessarily difficult." Abdy's Kent (1878), 223. See 2 Halleck'e, Int. Law (Baker's ed.), 37. "Commanders, whenever admissible, inform the enemy...non-combatants, and especially the women and children, maybe removed before the bombardment commences. But it is no infraction of the common law of war to...
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Outlines of International Law: With an Account of Its Origin and Sources and ...

George Breckenridge Davis - 1887 - 512 pages
...speedier subjection of the enemy. 18. When the commander of a besieged place expels the non-combatants, in order to lessen the number of those who consume...is lawful, though an extreme measure, to drive them hack, so as to hasten on the surrender. 19. Commanders, whenever admissible, inform the enemy of their...
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Das europäische völkerrecht der gegenwart auf den bisherigen grundlagen

August Wilhelm Heffter, Friedrich Heinrich Geffcken - 1888 - 536 pages
...fdjaft unterliegen, bas íHepreffioreít bes Slriegfül)renben gcljt lebiglid) gegen 3d)iff unb Wut.J stock of provisions, it is lawful, though an extreme measure, to drive them back, so as to hasten the surrender". Фег îlufprud) ber 3)iplomoten, bie in bem belagerten í}kri<3 geblieben waren,...
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A Manual of Public International Law

Thomas Alfred Walker - 1895 - 282 pages
...Surprise may be a necessity." So, too, " when the commander of a besieged place expels the non-combatants, in order to lessen the number of those who consume his stock of provisions, it is lawful, though an ibid. extreme measure, to drive them back, so as to hasten on the surrender." Art. 18. the aiding of...
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The Passing of Spain and the Ascendency of America

Jerome Bruce Crabtree - 1898 - 482 pages
...of war. Returning Non-combatants. When the commander of a besieged place expels the non-combatants in order to lessen the number of those who consume...extreme measure, to drive them back so as to hasten the surrender. Notice of Bombardment. it is no infraction of the common law of war to omit thus to...
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The Passing of Spain and the Ascendency of America

Jerome Bruce Crabtree - 1898 - 468 pages
...of war. Returning Non-combatants. When the commander of a besieged place expels the non-combatants in order to lessen the number of those who consume...extreme measure, to drive them back so as to hasten the surrender. Notice of Bombardment. Commanders, wherever admissible, inform the enemy of their intention...
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The Fight for Santiago: The Story of the Soldier in the Cuban Campaign, from ...

Stephen Bonsal - 1899 - 622 pages
...the speedier subjection of the enemy. When a commander of a besieged place expels the non-combatants in order to lessen the number of those who consume...drive them back, so as to hasten on the surrender." We, however, were glad that in this General Shatter acted in accordance with the humane spirit of our...
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The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union ...

United States. War Department - 1899 - 1048 pages
...commander of a besieged place expels the non-combatants in order to lessen the number of those who consame his stock of provisions it is lawful though an extreme...drive them back so as to hasten on the surrender. * ****** 26. Commanding generals may cause the magistrates and civil officers of the hostile country...
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Hearings Before the Committee on the Phillipines of the United ..., Volume 2

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Philippines - 1902 - 1210 pages
...speedier subjection of the enemy. 18. When a commander of a besieged place expels the noncombatants, in order to lessen the number of those who consume...lawful, though an extreme measure, to drive them back, BO as to hasten on the surrender. 19. Commanders, whenever admissible, inform the enemy of their intention...
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