CZECHS REFUSE TO FIGHT
AUSTRIAN ARMY REVOLT.
MANY MEN ARRESTED.
(Received June 23, 1.50 a.m.)
Buda Pesth, June 22.
The 28th Begiment of Czech infantry refused to fight in the recent Carpathian battles. The officers and men threw down their arms, saying that they would not fight their Russian brothers. The Emperor ordered the regiment to be disbanded and the regimental flag to be burned. An order was published in the Austro-German armies,, announcing the revolt, which was described as high treason. Nearly every man of the regiment was arrested, together with a number of Czech'leaders.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15951, 23 June 1915, Page 8
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