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

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Milutin Rakitch, aged 17, Zhivorad Kovatchevitch, aged 17, and Svetozar Stevanovitch, aged 17.

In Likodra

Rade Zelitch, aged 60, a very wealthy peasant, was murdered by the Austrians, and his body left on the edge of a wood. His family alleges that the Austrians robbed him of 80,000 francs. The neighbours say it was only 20,000 francs. Niko, ‘aged 23, son of Rade Zelitch, declares that his father was killed in the fields, and by two bayonetthrusts, one in the chest and one through the ear. The Austrians had installed an ambulance in Zeliteh’s house, and that is how they came to know where he kept his money. They killed his father on their return journey.

Sima Sekulitch, aged 84, George Rovitch, and a third party were to be hanged when the Serbian army arrived. The Austrians had no time to carry out their intention and fled. Thus the lives of all three were saved.

In Tolisavatz

Radosav Knezhevitch, aged 42, deposes that when the Austrians came to his house, a soldier wounded him slightly with his bayonet ; he was taken to the Austrian General Staff, where he was detained for one hour. He was then pinioned and imprisoned with five other persons. They were left for four days without being given anything to eat. They were each pinioned separately, and furthermore all roped together with one long rope. By the

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