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

40 AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ATROCITIES

been confined in the latter. They were butchered with the bayonet in order to save ammunition. The soldiers who acted as executioners numbered 8. Witness could not bear to look at the sight. The bodies lay for two days in the square before they were buried. The 8 soldiers were Hungarians. A general and the officers gave the order for the massacre. There were several old men and children among thevictims. The corporal came from Bielina; he was for 9 or 10 days in Shabatz.

No. 87, of the 3rd, Bosnian, Infantry Regiment. When his regiment came to Zvornik, they found Serb prisoners there already—women and children. Witness gave them sugar. A corporal who saw him had him tied to a tree for two hours. They then left for Tzrvena Yabuka. A sergeant asked him of what nationality he was. He answered “Serb,” and was tied to a tree for two hours. He ought to have answered : “ Orthodox.” The soldiers of Serb nationality were not allowed to go and fetch water. The Mahommedans and Catholics filled their water bottles for them. Cadet” Ivchitch (a Dalmatian) always spoke of the Austrian Serbs in most opprobrious terms: ‘Serb traitors, Serb drabs,” ete. At one time the Austrians even believed that the soldiers of Serb nationality signalled to the enemy artillery, and Ivchitch himself read out an order forbidding soldiers of Serb nationality to strike matches during the night. Any man found doing so would be shot. The privates were badly fed. They were given 250 grammes of bread and a little rice per day, and almost no meat at all. Food was distributed only once a day. Sometimes