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

MASSACRES OF CIVILIANS 85

Rankovitch, aged 60, who was killed and thrown into the fire.

Ilinka Sevitch, aged about 75, of Miailovitz, in the parish of Gornia Ijubovidja, deposes: When the Austrians came for the second time (August 26th), a patrol came to search her house. During the course of the search a soldier struck her twice with the butt end of his rifle. Presently the soldiers brought in Bozhidar Sevitch, aged 52, Momchilo Sevitch, aged 23, and Zhivoin Sevitch, aged 20, and killed them before her eyes with great knives (probably the sabres of the pioneers). They struck their victims all over the body. Ilinka was compelled to witness this atrocious scene.

Donja Ljubovidja

Dikosava Yovanovitch, aged about 56, deposes that more than 80 persons were killed in his village.

Pelaghia Lazitch was confined the very day the Austrians carried her off to Bosnia and killed her husband. She was sent back later on, but her infant had died on the journey. About 26 persons were taken away in this manner, and their fate is unknown.

Selanatz

Yakov Panovitch, aged 59, deputy-mayor, deposes that in Selanatz there are 29 persons killed and missing. His cousin, Lazar Panovitch, aged 90, was riddled with bayonet-thrusts, and struck on the head with the same weapon. Having noticed that a young girl, Mileva Panovitch, had one crooked leg, the soldiers compelled her to strip on the pretext that they wanted to see whether she was malinger-