ORDEAL OF THE PARAPET.
A REFINEMENT OF AUSTRIAN CRUELTY. According to an Italian semi-official communique, an Austrian prisoner of Rumanian nationality captured by the Italians says that on August 20 a Kumanian soldier was discovered attempting to escape. By order of the commander of the battalion he was obliged to stand on the parapet of the trench exposed to the fire of the Italians, while two Hungarian soldiers, with rifles (jointed towards him, stood behind, lhe victim was weeping bitterly and was convulsed. A few minutes afterwards a rifle shot killed him. The prisoner added that on the sian front, where desertions among the Slav soldiers are very frequent, this system is in current use, and that u, after two hours have elapsed, the -victim is not hit by the enemy fire, he is pardoned. On the Eastern front t e Russians did not fire on the Austrians whom they saw exposed to their file on the trenches, because they weie aware of this procedure. This punishment ot deserters has provoked keen indignation amongst the Rumanians. _ _____
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VII, Issue 330, 29 November 1917, Page 3
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176ORDEAL OF THE PARAPET. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VII, Issue 330, 29 November 1917, Page 3
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