THE RIOTS IN AUSTRIA.
TWELVE BATTALLIONS SENT TO PRAGUE. BUSINESS PARALYSED. GERMAN HOUSES WRECKED. A A NUMBER OF RIOTERS SHOT. (Per Press Association.—Copyrhjht). Vjf.nna, Dec. 2. Twelve battallions of the Austrian infantry and a squadron of Hussars have been despatched to Prague to cope with the riots. Business is paralysed. The Czechs wrecked and plundered the houses of German residents. University and schools furniture was taken from the buildings and burnt as bonfires in the streets. The rioters attempted to storm a cartridge factory, but it was successfully defended by the troops, who killed some of the rioters. The Synagogue and the Jewish warehouses were plundered, and the valuable archives stored in the Krusky Palace were burned. Order was restored at midnight, and the main body of troops was then withdrawn. A sufficient force was left to patrol the city and preserve order.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 492, 3 December 1897, Page 2
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