Serbian forces lost 100,000 men to the Austro-Hungarian troops in 1915

Serbian forces lost 100,000 men to the Austro-Hungarian troops in 1915

Petrit Latifi

In 1915, the German paper “Berliner Tageblatt” calculated that the Serbian forces lost around 54,000 soldiers in battle. Considering the already 40,000 Serb soldiers in Austro-Hungarian camps, the Serbs total loss was 100,000 men.

“The Serbian losses. A reporter for the Berl. Tagebl. calculates the Serbs losses so far as follows:

The 1st Serbian Army of General Wisitsch lost 18,500 manit prisoners and 192 riflemen, including 17 heavy ones. The 2nd Serbian Army of General Bojowitsch lost 25,700 prisoners, plus 80 riflemen, including 24 heavy ones. The 3rd Serbian Army under General Stepanovich lost 13,000 men and 191 guns. The 4th Serbian Army of General Kurisitsch lost 2,000 prisoners and 14 rifles. This gives a total of 54,000 prisoners and 478 riflemen, not including 91 gun barrels.”

“Since 40,000 Serbs are already in Austro-Hungarian captivity from the previous year’s campaign, the number of captured Serbian soldiers will exceed 100,000 in the next few days. Serbia’s entire armed forces can be estimated at a maximum of 300,000 men, of whom at most 200,000 can actually be considered soldiers. The 55,000 prisoners correspond to a loss of at least an equal number of wounded and wounded, so that since the beginning of the final offensive, the Serbs have lost 100,000 men, or half their fighting strength, a third of their total.”

Bulgarians captured 25,000 Serbs

“B. Ofenpest, November 16. Reports from Sofia: A Bulgarian staff officer stated that the Bulgarians have so far taken 25,000 Serbs prisoners and captured 200 Cunons.”

Reference

https://digital.tessmann.it/tessmannDigital/digitisedJournalsArchive/page/journal/62982/1/17.11.1915/335548/2/filterId-62982%01335548%014227157-query-serbische+gr%C3%A4ueltaten+albanische-filterIssueDate-%5B10.05.1805+TO+10.05.1940%5D-filterF_type-.html

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