Austrian Outrages.
Paris, September 5
The Nish correspondent of the Journal states that Austrians bound together and shot 80 Servian prisoners at Shabatz, and bayonetted their bodies, saying, “We are doing this for practice.”, Fourteen girls, the eldest of j whom was only 10, were found decapitated -and stretched in a row on tjhe -banks of a stream at Bellat', searka. ’ j A bundled men were massacred at lychnitza, in sight":of.their wives and (Children.
j Press Bureau states that printefltiinstructions have been discovered regarding the Austrians’ behaviour to Serbs. wpTJiqso* instructions declare that thASdrlislnle filledvyitli a violent hatred of Austrians therefore they must not be treated with chivalry or humanity. Ail combatants in Servia not wearing uniform must be killed. Austrians disobeying tlie order will be severely punished. In the event of a shot being fired from a town, the hostages must be executed j <hTdl^^fl : ihhabiirvnts' fail to give Uifjymatioii they must lie .. W. { - 4 i ■■■’
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 17, 7 September 1914, Page 5
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