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

136 AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ATROCITIES

conclusively that they were inflicted with the intention of causing death, and it is only due to chance, or lack of skill on the part of the massacring parties, that any of these wounds failed to prove fatal.

In short my personal observations, of which I have here quoted only a few, placed me in the position to check and verify the depositions of my witnesses, and to realise their reliability.

With the help of information obtained on the spot, and the official lists which were placed at my disposal, I have succeeded in compiling a few statistics which throw an interesting light on the achievements of the Austro-Hungarian army of invasion. My present report is furnished with several statistical diagrams which I have drawn with the assistance of my head clerk, M. Jean Burnier.

These statistics have been compiled from the lists of the victims of the Austro-Hungarian atrocities in the district of Potzerie, county of Podrinie, together with the lists of the districts of Yadar, and Matchoa, the lists of the parishes of Kostainik, Tolisavatz, Banizevatz, Sokol and Zavlaka, the village of Brezovnitza, and finally from the names of the victims as given by eye-witnesses.

KILLED. WOUNDED.

Age. Males. Females. Age. Males. Females. under 1 4 4 under 1 0 0

1 1 4 1 0 0

2 2 4 2 0 1

3 7 6 3 0 3

4 2 4 4 1 0

5 7 3 5 0 0