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

EXPLOSIVE BULLETS 5

bullet (11) and that of an explosive bullet (1). The two shots were fired at the same range (about 20 yards from the board). The excavation channel of the explosive bullet is very jagged, and averages a circumference of 2'4 cm. by 12 em. Its height, therefore, exceeds its width, and it is far more irregular than that caused by the ordinary bullet. It goes without saying that if the explosion had occurred within the board itself, the channel would have been very much larger still.

It was interesting to interrogate the AustroHungarian prisoners of war, as to what they knew about these ** Einschusspatronen.” I therefore proceeded to examine a great number of prisoners, and in the following pages I have quoted verbatim some of the answers I received.

No. 1, of the 26th Regiment, avers that he received 10 Einschusspatronen ” on the strength of being a good shot. They were permitted to fire them on patrol-duty in order to verify the range. They were forbidden to fire them at an isolated man, but permitted to do so at massed groups.

No. 2, of the 28th Regiment of the Line, states that good shots and non-commissioned officers were each given 10 « Einschusspatronen.” They were the only bullets used for machine-guns.

No. 3, of the 28th Regiment.—Only squad-leaders were provided with a cardboard package containing 10 ““ Einschusspatronen.” They were given orders to fire them only at night, because of the red light produced by these cartridges.

No. Z, of the 26th Regiment, states that all squads