HORRIBLE BRUTALITY
.AUSTRIAN'S SHELL A HOSPITAIi (Kec. September 2, 0.55 a.m.) London, September I. Tlic "Daily News's" Rome. cotespon«. dent. reports that tho, Austriansj after quitiug the place, shelled Pievo, sparine, iu the first instance, a prominent Hospital under their Rod Cross flag,' which contained 130 old " women and children. Later they bombarded the hospital with explosive shells, aud when, it. was partly destroyed usecUehrapnel to prevent the inmates' escape. Italian soldiers gallantly rescued thirty children. The remainder were either incinerated or buried in the ruins, ,
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2556, 2 September 1915, Page 5
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86HORRIBLE BRUTALITY Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2556, 2 September 1915, Page 5
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