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

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I was given similar information. As a rule, all the peasants were amazed at the rapidity with which the fire took hold. It therefore seems to me beyond all doubt that the Austro-Hungarian army, looking upon incendiarism as a means of intimidating the population, had brought some special substance for the purpose of setting buildings on fire.