bombardment from the
heavy guns on Mt. Lovcen, commanding that section of the coast. A few
days later, on August 10, the Montenegrin infantry descended from the
surrounding heights and delivered a strong assault on Spizza and Budua.
The activity of Austrian warships, which bombarded Antivari, where
Montenegro touched the coast, made it impossible for the Montenegrins to
hold what they had taken. Another force, however, turned toward Scutari
and occupied that town. Mt. Lovcen continued, not only then, but at
intervals for the next year, to pour a heavy artillery fire on Cattaro,
and its environs.

In Bosnia, over toward the Serbian operations, fighting had already
begun and continued until the Serbians drove the main Austrian army
back. On August 20, just as the Serbians were delivering their last
attack on Shabatz and the Austrians were stampeding across the Drina,
the Montenegrins delivered a heavy attack along their whole front,
causing the Austrians to retire in that section as well. The following
day the Austrians, in trying to recover their lost ground, brought up
more mountain artillery, then advanced their infantry up against the
Montenegrin entrenchments. Here occurred the first hand-to-hand
fighting, the Austrians charging with their bayonets again and again,
but they were finally repulsed again with heavy loss.

From now on the Montenegrins, under the command of General Vukotitch,
who had so distinguished himself in the Balkan War, gradually assumed an
offensive and advanced into Bosnia. On September 2 he again encountered
the Austrians at Bilek, and succeeded in defeating them after a heavy
fight, in which a comparatively large number of prisoners were taken.

The Montenegrins, comprising practically all of their army, continued
advancing in three columns. On September 9 there was another hot fight
at Foca, south of Sarajevo.

At this juncture the Serbians sent a column into Bosnia, from Visegrad,
whose purpose was to effect a connection with General Vukotitch, that
the two combined forces might advance on and take Sarajevo, a movement
which was to be carried on simultaneously with the Serbian advance into
Austrian territory from the Save.

But, although the two allied armies almost reached the vicinity of the
Bosnian capital, the Austrians were now, toward the latter part of
September, returning to this region in great force, to begin the second
invasion of Serbia. The Montenegrin army was, in consequen