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The Kolubara River in Valjevo Cliffs of Vrače brdo, a hill near bank of River Kolubara at which the Serbian Army was entrenched during the Battle of Kolubara in November 1914 The Austro-Hungarians reached the Kolubara on 16 November and launched an assault against Serbian defensive positions there the following day.
On 12 August 1914, General Oskar Potiorek ordered the invasion of Serbia, with Adolf von Rhemen's XIII Corps forming a key part of the offensive. Positioned along the lower Drina river in Bosnia, the Fifth Army, under Liborius Ritter von Frank, was tasked with encircling the Serbian centre at Valjevo.
He was particularly involved in the vaccination of ill-affected of typhus in Valjevo hospital, which actually consisted of two primary, one military, six reserve and a large number of field hospitals. From December 1914 to May 1915 in Serbia, during the typhoid epidemic, 35,000 Serbian soldiers, 35,000 prisoners and 120,000 civilians died.
Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia on 28 July 1914 marked the beginning of the war. After three unsuccessful Austro-Hungarian offensives between August and December 1914, a combined Austro-Hungarian and German offensive breached the Serbian front from the north and west in October 1915, while Bulgaria attacked from the east.
The Serbian campaign of 1914 was a significant military operation during World War I. It marked the first major confrontation between the Central Powers, primarily Austro-Hungary, and the Allied Powers, led by the Kingdom of Serbia. The campaign started on 28 July 1914, when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia and bombarded Belgrade.
The Serbian government planned that in the event of war use Valjevo Hospital with at the time 2,210 beds for patients. Due to geographical position of Valjevo and it being close to the front lines, Valjevo Hospital naturally became the main center for the reception of the wounded, a large number of refugees, prisoners and patients. [1] [3]
On July 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war against Serbia. In 1915 Serbia was occupied by foreign troops after a combined invasion by Austro-Hungarian , German , and Bulgarian troops. The 135,000 soldiers of the Serbian Army retreated through Albania and were evacuated to the Greek island of Corfu , and in spring, 1916, they became part of ...
The Serbian campaign was a series of military expeditions launched in 1914 and 1915 by the Central Powers against the Kingdom of Serbia during the First World War.. The first campaign began after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on 28 July 1914.