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

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of evidence in the history of the criminal side of the Furopean War, as it contains facts verified on the spot, shortly after the evacuation of the invaded territory by the Austro-Hungarians, and collated by an expert accustomed to the methods of modern technical enquiry.

This report (of which extracts have been previously published by the author in the Gazette de Lausanne and in pamphlet form) was submitted to the Royal Serbian Government in April 1915, but well-known events have delayed the publication up to the present. In order to preserve the documentary character of the report, the undersigned editor has strictly adhered to the author's original text, but he has been obliged to suppress the names of certain witnesses who are at present interned in Austria and Germany, in order to spare them unpleasantness on the part of the Austrian authorities. For the same reason he has substituted for the names of Austrian prisoners numbers to correspond to the names in the original report placed in the hands of the Prime Minister of Serbia.

Further, the undersigned is responsible for the English spelling of the Serbian names of persons and places, as well as for the correction of the proofs of this edition.

YOYSLAV M. YOVANOVITCH, Serbian War Press Bureau.

20, Lancaster Gate, W. June, 1916.