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

54 AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ATROCITIES

About 30 persons, 6 of whom were men, took refuge in their house, because it is larger and stronger. When the Austrians came, they made all the women as well as the children come out. Four of the men were shot in the house. They were Banko Veselinovitch, aged 55; Milan Maritch, aged 40 ; Milan Blagoyevitch, aged 45 ; and Dushan Maritch, aged 18. The corpses were robbed. The soldiers took a watch and 100 francs from the body of Milan Maritch. Possibly these victims were shot with revolvers. This account is confirmed by all the members of the family. All the women who failed to escape were driven ahead of the troops as far as Novo Selo (on the Drina).

Stana Maritch, of Petkovitza, aged 50, relates that Stana Veselinovitch, a Bosnian woman aged 60, had an old revolver in her possession. The Austrians took and hanged her for it.

Militza Maritch, of Petkovitza, aged 45, deposes that her husband, Ljubomir, aged 60, was led out of his house and shot to death as soon as he was outside. Her brother, Marko T=zvetitch, was shot in Maritch’s house. The undersigned has verified the bullet-marks on the walls of the room. (These were the two men who had taken refuge in the house of Marta Maritch, and who were not killed inside the house.)

, of Petkovitza, declares that 56 persons were killed, 26 carried off, and three wounded (two women and a boy, who has since died of his wounds). Most of the killed were old men and young boys, aged 19 at the most.

, of Ribare, declares that 58 persons were

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