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5 St 5 Sept 1914 Jahr - Srem offensive begins

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Sick oxen had delayed the arrival of bridging material, and the first pontoon was not launched until 5:00 AM on the 6th. Cetnik units crossed to establish a foothold, but the small amount of defenders on the shore put up startlingly fierce resistance and a bridgehead was only gained after two hours of heavy fighting. At 8:00 AM,Stepanović arrived and watched Timok I division cross the river for two and a half hours.[1] Timok I had crossed the river between two towns, Mitrovitz and Yarak. Not only did these towns have small garrisons, but a full division commanded by Alfred Krauss was stationed in one of the towns. This would later prove to be fatal for the Timok I division. Due to the time lost establishing a bridgehead, Kondic was anxious to make up time and advance. He neglected the bridgehead and did not fortify it as that would delay the division even more. Kondic ordered the 13th regiment to advance, but instead of aiming to capture one of the towns, Kondic wanted to avoid contact and sent the regiment between the two towns. This was a poor tactical decision, and as the 13th regiment advanced beyond the two towns, the garrisons launched a coordinated attack on the regiment, nearly encircling it. The 13th regiment's link to the units on the bridgehead was already tenuous, and it was completely severed as the regiment's flanks were attacked. The commander of the 13th regiment mistakingly thought a cavalry charge was coming, and used his bugle to order the regiment to prepare for a cavalry charge. This caused complete chaos in the ranks of the whole division, and in the ensuing massacre 6,000 of the Timok I division was killed by Austrian forces or drowned trying to escape across the Sava. Kondic, at this time depressed and solitary, informed Stepanović that an Austrian attack had caused confusion in the ranks, but order was restored. Stepanović learned the truth from a journalist, and was furious. Unable to reach Kondic himself, he sent his chief of staff to visit the beleaguered commander. However, Stepanović's anger would not change the fact that the Timok I division had been near-annihilated, and the advance of the 1st army was now compromised severely.

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