ARRIVAL AT THE CAPITAL.
Athens, August 12.
The Servian Legation states that tho Servians have arrived beforo Serajcvo, the capital of Bosnia-
SGrajevo, which is about 40 mile? from tho Servian frontier, has a population of 37,713, chiefly SeTbo-Croatians. The city frequently called the "Damascus of;, the North," spreads over a narrow valley, closed' on, the east by a semi-circle of rugged hills. l An Austrian garrison occupies the castle and barracks on a cliff commanding the city. It was at Serajevo on June 29 that Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15687, 14 August 1914, Page 6
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