fell.

In the Leshnitza similar scenes were taking place. From the ridges above
the Serbian guns roared and poured hurtling steel messages of death down
into the throngs of retreating Austrians. Some few regiments, not so
demoralized as the others, did indeed make several attempts to fight
rear-guard actions, to protect their fleeing comrades, but they again
were overwhelmed by the disorganized masses in the rear pouring over
them.

In the Jadar valley another disorganized mob of Austrians was fleeing
before the Serbians up on the Iverak ridges, who also were pouring a hot
artillery fire into their midst. Presently the Third Army joined in the
mad chase. And now the whole Austrian army was wildly fleeing for the
Drina River.

There remained only one exception during the early part of the day,
August 20, 1914. This was the Austrian forces on Kik, to the northwest
of Zavlaka. The Serbian reenforcements which, it will be remembered, had
originally been directed toward Marianovitche, had been afterward sent
westward, and at dawn on August 20 they approached Kik in two columns.
The left column occupied Osoye without resistance, but in descending
from that position, the Austrian artillery opened fire on it.

An hour later the right column came up and opened an artillery fire, and
under cover of this bombardment a Serbian regiment reached the foot of
the mountain. As was afterward learned, the Austrians at this point had
had their machine guns destroyed by the Serbian artillery fire, and by
this time their own artillery had been sent back, in preparation for the
retreat. Consequently they were only able to receive the Serbian attack
with rifle fire.

At the height of this skirmish the extreme left of the Serbians on
Iverak, which had remained to guard against attack from this quarter,
moved over against the Austrians. The cross-fire was too much for them;
they turned and fled, leaving behind over six hundred dead, the Serbians
in this affair losing only seven killed. Jarebitze was now occupied; the
rest of the Serbians joined in the general pursuit.

That night, August 20, 1914, the Austrians swarmed across the Drina,
fleeing for their lives. By the next day the whole river bank was
cleared of them. Serbian soldiers lined the whole length of the frontier
in this section. There remained now only the Austrians in Shabatz to
deal with. The whole Serbian army was now able to concentrate on this
remaining force of the enem