His hands were tied behind his back, and he was
shot at once without a moment's delay. The wife came out
with a little sucking child. She put the child down and sprang
at the Germans like a lioness. She clawed their faces. One of
the Germans took a rifle and struck her a tremendous blow with
the butt on the head. Another took his bayonet and fixed it
and thrust it through the child. He then put his rifle on his
shoulder with the child upon it; its little arms stretched out
once or twice. The officers ordered the houses to be set on
fire, and straw was obtained and it was done. The man and his
wife and the child were thrown on the top of the straw. There
were about forty other peasant prisoners there also, and the
officer said: "I am doing this as a lesson and example to you.
When a German tells you to do something next time you must
move more quickly." The regiment of Germans was a regiment of
Hussars, with crossbones and a death's head on the cap.
[Illustration: BARON STEPHAN BURIAN VON RAJECZ
The Hungarian Who Succeeded Count Berchtold as Austro-Hungarian Foreign
Minister and President of the Common Ministerial Council]
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