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

EXPLOSIVE BULLETS 13

He certainly heard such cartridges spoken of in his regiment, but he never saw any of the bullets in question. At the Military College they were not informed as to the use of these bullets.

From all these depositions it follows that :

(1)—Explosive bullets were employed in the 26th, 28th, 78th, 16th, 96th, 27th (Hungarian), and 100th Regiments.

(2)—The troops were not supplied with them until the middle of September, new style, that is to say, after the Austro-Hungarian defeat on the Yadar and the Tzer.

According to the information I received in Belgrade from General Zhivkovitch, the Austrians also made use of explosive bullets in the battle before Belgrade, on September 10th, old style, that is to say, after the defeat on the Yadar and the Tzer.

(8)—The privates did not know these bullets before the war. They are always locked up In time of peace, and their use is reserved exclusively for war according to the evidence of the soldier witness No. 34.

(4)—Some privates were told that they were cartridges for verifying the range.

(5)—To others it had been admitted that they were explosive bullets, and that the wounds they inflicted were serious.

(6)—Good shots and non-commissioned officers were supplied with from 5 to 20 cartridges containing explosive bullets.

The deposition of witness No. 4 is interesting. He says, practically, that they were given the order to use these bullets at a range of 1000 metres. Now,