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

76 AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ATROCITIES

he had done this, he demanded food and drink. He spoke Serbian badly, and on his departure he urged her to tell no one what he had done. Perishitch had advised all the young girls to fly. Her cousin Theodore Perishitch was in the house at the time, and overheard everything.

Velimir Perishitch, aged 60, of Krasava, deposes: The villagers were killed on the arrival of the Austrians and at their departure. Perishitch saw Jovan Radiooievitch, aged 62, being killed. Ivan tried to escape with him, but was discovered by the Austrian soldiers who shot him. Most of the soldiers could not speak Serbian. Those who could said to the people, “ Run away and hide.” When the Serb troops approached the village and their guns opened fire upon the Austrians, the officers of the latter took shelter in the cellars and behind buildings. Perishitch was spared because they had established an ambulance in his house. One day an officer asked him whether he had heard that the Russians had arrived in Serbia. On their retreat the Austrians left 49 of their wounded in the village—47 men and 2 officers.

Ilinka Perishitch (see preceding deposition), cousin of Velimir Perishitch. The wives of the brothers Perishitch corroborated the statement that the Austrians outraged many women. Most of the soldiers were of Hungarian nationality.

Alewander Stevanovitch, Captain in the Engineers, saw the dead bodies of two women in Bastava. The breasts had been cut off and put in the mouths of the victims (the women Soldatovitch). In a village near Krupanj two young girls,

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