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THE GERMANS OUTDONE.
IlOl!UI.BI.10 MASSACRE OF SERBS BY AUSTRIAN'S.
BY ORDERS FROM. HEADQUARTERS.
Received (1, 5. sp.m. Paris, September it. The Nish correspondent of the Journal slates that Austi'hms bound together and shot 81) Servian prisoners at Shabat/., and b.iyonettcd their bodies, saying, "We are doing this for practice."' Fourteen girls, the eldest of whom was only 10, were found decapitated and stretched in a row on the banks of a stream at Bellat, Searka.
A hundred men were massacred at i.ycbnitzn, in sight of their wives and hildren.
The Servian Press Bureau states that printed instructions have been discovered regarding the Austrian*' behaviour to Serbs. These instructions declare that the Serbs are Idled with a violent hatred of Austrian*, therefore they must not be treated with chivalry or humanity. All combatants in Servia not wearing uniform must be killed. Austrian*) disobeying the order will be severely punished. In the event of a shot being fired from a town, the hostages must be executed, and if the.inhabitants fail to give information they must be hanged.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 86, 7 September 1914, Page 5
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177More Atrocities Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 86, 7 September 1914, Page 5
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