Report Upon the Atrocities Committed by the Austro-Hungarian Army During the First Invasion of Serbia

by Rodolphe Archibald Reiss

From inside the
The material for the report was collected on the spot by Professor Reiss during the months of September, October, and November 1914. It is incomplete, owing to the fact that at the time a large part of Serbia was still occupied by the enemy, and in that part it was impossible to proceed with an enquiry. Besides, many civilians having fled from the devastated regions, it was impossible to correctly establish the number of the victims. For these reasons the damage done by the first Austro- Hungarian invasion is far more considerable, and the number of the victims greater, than is indicated in this report.

Nevertheless, and in spite of this, Professor Reiss's report constitutes a most valuable piece of evidence in the history of the criminal side of the European War, as it contains facts verified on the spot, shortly after the evacuation of the invaded territory by the Austro-Hungarians, and collated by an expert accustomed to the methods of modern technical enquiry.

CONTENTS
I. Explosive Bullets
II. Bombardment Of Open Towns And Destruction Of Houses
III. Massacres Of Soldiers Taken Prisoner Or Wounded
IV. Massacres And Atrocities Perpetrated On Civilians
V. Pillage
VI. Causes Of The Massacres
VII. Treatment Of Austrian Prisoners


This book published in 1916 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.

246 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 6, 2013

About the author

Rudolphe Archibald Reiss (8 July 1875 – 7 August 1929) was a German-Swiss criminology-pioneer, forensic scientist, professor and writer.

Reviews

[Dimi · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best book if you are intresseted in documented atrocities done by the Austro Hungarian empire during the first world war!