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

96 AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ATROCITIES

Austrians, who butchered him, after having first put out his eyes.

Fifteen to twenty persons belonging to the village of Metkovitch were killed.

More than 50 persons belonging to the village of Dobritch—men, women, and children—have been massacred. The women had their breasts cut or torn off. The mayor was among the killed.

A large number of young boys, girls, and children have been taken away from the above-named villages into captivity.

No. 2

Petar Obritch, Officer in Command of the 2nd Coy. 3rd Battalion, 13th Regiment, reports under the date August 12/25th :—

In the village of Grushitch, the Austrians killed the Mayor because he refused to betray the Serbian military secrets. They violated the women, and carried off all the young men into captivity.

In the villages of Desitch and Radovashnitza the Austrians wounded several persons.

In the village of Bela Reka the enemy soldiers killed the mayor, fired upon the peaceable civil population, and slashed the breasts of a Bohemian woman, the mother of 4 children. In the villages of Pethovitza and Ribare they set fire to several houses.

No. 3

Stoyan Dintchitch, Commanding Officer of the 4th Company, 3rd Battalion, 13th Regiment, reports under the date 12/25th of August :—

On August 7/20, in the village of Bela Reka, 1