SUFFERING SERVIA.
WHAT INVASION IS LIKE [“TIMES” AND “SYDNEY SUN” SERVICE.] (Received 15, 9.0 a.m.) London, June 14. The “Times’ ” correspondent at Bucharest reports that escaped Serbian and Russian prisoners declare there is indescribable misery in Serbia. The Austro-Germans have seized stores and crops, and are shooting peasants for concealing food. Wholesale plundering is going on, and the Erincipal residences in Belgrade ave been completely cleared of furniture and valuables. . . Looting is expressly permitted in an 'order of the day issued by General Mackensen. Military motor cars ar seen proceeding to houses and being filled with plunder. The people in the country are starving. They are eating grass and berries and frequently dving. A former prefect of Belgrade is compelled to sweep the streets.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 156, 15 June 1916, Page 5
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