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“The inhabitants of Herzegovina differ significantly from those of Bosnia; the Herzegovinians had retained their weapons, whereas the rayahs (Christian subjects) had already been disarmed by the Turks. In Bosnia, the Muslim landed gentry are far more numerous than in Herzegovina; and while in Herzegovina Catholic Croats join the insurgents, in Bosnia the Catholics often make common cause with the Muslims, by whom they are spared more than the Greek Orthodox Serbs are.

All these factors combined meant that the uprising in Bosnia was bound to come to a standstill, if not be extinguished entirely. It flared up brightly at first, but once the land-owning Muslim nobility mobilized, the rayahs were forced to flee the plains for the mountains, while their wives and children sought refuge elsewhere. This also marked the end of the uprising.

At the beginning of the revolt, the scenes of horror were appalling; I was told that Turkish women and children who could not reach the ferries on the Sava River were slaughtered in the most gruesome manner. Shots were also fired at the boats carrying refugees on the Sava; for several days, countless bodies were washed downstream. The number of refugees… The situation along the Military Frontier is dire, and the current misery is appalling;”

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Fürther neueste Nachrichten für Stadt und Land. 1875. 7/12. Schröder.