most completely annihilated. The
same fate befell the Ninety-fourth Regiment. But the majority sought
and found safety in flight. By dark the whole Austrian center was
beaten back, leaving behind great quantities of war material.

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CHAPTER L

FIRST VICTORY OF THE SERBIANS

The Serbians had made their first move successfully on that day of
August 16, 1914. More important than this mere preliminary defeat
of the enemy was the fact that the Austrians in Shabatz were now
definitely cut off from any possible juncture with the Austrians
in the south. For the present they were debarred from entering
the main field of operations. This freed the Serbian cavalry for
action elsewhere. Meanwhile a portion of the right wing of the
Serbian line was detached to keep the Austrians inside Shabatz.

Farther to the south the Serbians were not so decidedly successful.
The center of the Serbian Second Army, that directed against the
southern slopes of the Tzer Mountains and the Iverak ridges, had
arrived at Tekerish at midnight.

As dawn broke on August 16, 1914, they perceived a strong Austrian
column descending from above, coming in the same direction.
Unfortunately the Serbians were in the midst of bald, rolling foothills,
while the Austrians were up among the tall timber which clothes the
mountain slopes at this point. The Serbians deployed, extending
their line from Bornololye through Parlok to Lisena, centering their
artillery at Kik. The Austrians made the best of their superior
position.

For some hours there was furious firing, then, at about eight o'clock
the Austrian gunners got the range of the Serbian left flank with
their field pieces, which was compelled to fall back. But just
then timely reenforcements arrived from the rear, and the Serbians
dug themselves in. By evening the Serbians had lost over a thousand
men, though they had succeeded in taking 300 prisoners and several
machine guns from the Austrians.

The left wing of the Second Army had, in the meantime, arrived
against Iverak. That this division was able to arrive at such a
timely juncture was due to its having made a forced march of fifty-two
miles over the mountain roads during the previous day. Yet before
dawn on the morning of August 16,1914, it was ready to continue
its march to Poporparlok. But then came the news that the Austrians
had driven back the left wing of the Third Army from that position
and had o