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Murder in Sarajevo: A Blow to the Peace of Nations

Murder in Sarajevo: A Blow to the Peace of Nations Bomb, Bullet, and Chaos Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the Duchess of Hohenberg South Wales Daily Post Europe awoke yesterday to news so grave that it has shaken every capital from London to St Petersburg . As reported in the South Wales Daily Post , 29th June 1914 , the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the Duchess of Hohenberg , carried out in the streets of Sarajevo , stands as one of the darkest crimes of our age. It is not merely the violent death of the heir to the Austro‑Hungarian throne that appals the civilised world, but the cold deliberation with which the outrage was executed. The morning began with an explosion . A bomb, hurled from the crowd, struck the Archduke’s motor-car and rebounded, detonating beneath a following vehicle and injuring several members of the suite. The Archduke, displaying a composure that even his detractors will acknowledge, halted the car and attended personally to the wounded. It was...

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