Cited:

“The defeats of the Serbs have broken the spirits and despair in Belgrade. The Parisian newspapers carry letters from Serbia which express the prevailing discouragement there. The Correspondent of the 19th Century paints a particularly bleak picture of the conditions in Belgrade.

He speaks of the exodus of men of all ages and classes, of the grim renunciation of some and the fanaticism of others, and adds: “Since the painful days of 1871, I have not felt so shaken. I no longer have the courage to blame this nation for its folly, a nation that has thrown itself, weapons, money, and without preparation, into a war of annihilation.”

“At Ghemig, the Serbs suffered a defeat inflicted on their own soil, as the Turks invaded Serbian territory at Salve Aoli. At Barovina, the Serbs suffered their second defeat and had to flee across the Okdja, in which numerous Serbian combatants perished. Finally, a Serbian attack at Zajcar was repulsed, and the Serbs were completely routed. Five cannons were destroyed by the Turks on this occasion.”

Sources

Neues bayerisches Volksblatt 1876. Edition 7-12. p. 712