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

132 AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ATROCITIES

depositions of my witnesses concerning this butchery were in accordance with the facts. I particularly noticed that the arms of the victims were pinioned. Judging from what I saw the number of the unfortunate victims may well exceed 60.

In Lipolist, as has already been stated, I by personalinvestigation verified the fact of the massacre in the house of Dragomir Marinkovitch. 1 also examined some of the wounded.

In Petkovitza 1 explored the house of Maritch mm search of external evidence, and was able to establish the truth of the facts as put forward by the witnesses.

In Ribare 1 examined several of the wounded, and there, as also in other localities, I came to the conclusion, that these wounds, whether due to bullet or bayonet, failed of being mortal, not by intention, but owing to want of skill on the part of the aggressors.

Prnjavor suffered specially severely from the visitations of the Austro-Hungarian troops. I there made a series of personal observations, which prove the truth of the evidence collected by me.

Thus my witnesses assured me that the Austrians confined 17 persons in the parish school and then burnt them alive. On exploring the spot, I noted first of all that nothing remains of the school, which was completely gutted by fire, but the bare walls. In the hall on the west side I saw numerous and large splashes of blood upon the walls. Among the charred rubbish, which cumbered the ground, I discovered a quantity of calcined bones. The splashes on the walls prove that the victims were