The Kingdom of serbia : report upon the atrocities committed by the Austro-Hungarian Army during the first invasion of Serbia

190 AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ATROCITIES

met with this rough usage after the news of the massacres of Shabatz had been received. Such occurrences were rare, however, He himself had always been well treated. Never had the population demonstrated against the prisoners on their journey.

No. 122, of the 78th Regiment, is satisfied with his food and treatment. He saw that some of the prisoners were beaten by the police ; but he does not know why.

No. 123, «one-year volunteer,” in the 92nd Infantry Regiment, finds the food good, but misses his first breakfast, the coffee-and-milk in the morning.

No. 124, of the 79th Infantry Regiment. Both he and No. 125, of the 28th Hungarian Landwehr Regiment, are satisfied with their food and treatment. From all this evidence, and a great deal more which I obtained, it is quite plain that the prisoners are satisfied with their food which, taken all round, appears to be far more plentiful than that which they had received on the Austrian front. It is also apparent that the great majority of these Austro-Hungarians are quite astonished at being so humanely treated in Serbia. I have already explained in the preceding chapter that those soldiers had been led to believe that your army ill-used and massacred its prisoners. These men were therefore agreeably surprised to experience the very opposite.

It is true that privates Nos. 120, 424 and 122 relate that several prisoners were man-handled by