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

To His EXCELLENCY Tae Prime MINISTER OF SERBIA

You have done me the honour of charging me with making an enquiry into the cruelties and atrocities perpetrated by the Austro-Hungarian Army during its first invasion of Serbia. I collected as much information on the subject during the course of my stay in Serbia, during the months of September, October, and November 1914, as was possible under the circumstances. Thus I interrogated a great number of Austro-Hungarian prisoners of war, and hundreds of eye-witnesses of the atrocities; I examined and interrogated the wounded, I investigated Austrian cartridges forbidden by the laws and regulations of war, ete. Moreover, I travelled through a large part of the Serbian territory which had been invaded by the Austro-Hungarians, and there proceeded to make a technical enquiry in due form. This local enquiry enabled me to verify the depositions of the witnesses by important corroborative evidence. On my visit to these districts I was accompanied by Monsieur Lazitch, Prefect of Shabatz, and Monsieur Barlovatz, formerly Consul-General for Serbia in Paris. In this manner the following localities were visited: Belgrade, Shabatz, Lipolist, Petkovitza, Ribare, Prnjavor, Tchokeshina, Novo Selo,

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