The Kingdom of serbia : report upon the atrocities committed by the Austro-Hungarian Army during the first invasion of Serbia

66 AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ATROCITIES

a shot at them. They carried off everything of value, likewise the cattle.

A woman, Krsmania Voselitch, aged about 62, whose son was killed, implored the soldiers with tears, for pity. But in spite of her tears the hardened ruffians wounded her with their bayonets. She bears the marks of the wounds on her arms and hands. Eight persons were carried off and their fate is unknown. Three houses and several barns were burnt. These massacres were committed by detachments who did not understand Serbian. The safe of the commune was rifled and several paintings were cut to pieces. Twenty-five women were compelled to accompany the Austrian troops as far as Leshnitsa, where the Serbian guns routed the enemy columns, and delivered the unfortunate victims.

Gorne Dobritch

, aged 65, declares that three old men of over 60 years of age, one boy of 13, and himself were roped together and taken to the village of Shor. On their arrival there, the Austrians pinioned them so tightly that they could not move, and placed them against a house which they set on fire. After that they took them to Loznitza.

On their way the Austrian soldiers heard some firing, fled, and hid in a field of maize. When the danger was past, they returned to their prisoners, four of whom they bayoneted. Despotovitch succeeded in escaping, and was thus spared the fate of his comrades. At Shor the Austrians had intended to roast them alive. They had begged the soldiers to kill them outright, but the Austrians