The Slavic Riots (27 mars 1915 – 3 févr. 1916)

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As Russian troops made breakthroughs in the Danubian push, many Slavs throughout the Austrian Empire leapt into active revolt.

Many, particularly in Bosnia and Dalmatia, began to push for the Yugoslavism. Partisans led by Mladen Stojanović staged a breakout of the Austrian prison at Banja Luka and soon occupied much of the surrounding area, declaring the Slavic Republic. This small surrounded rebel group would fight a direct war until December of 1915 and would remain active until the Summer of Nations in guerrilla and terrorist attacks.

North of the Bosnian frontier, small groups of Croats too sought arms. Most of these rebels though were members of the Illyrian League which pushed for a sovereign Greater Croatia or Illyria rather than a unified Yugoslavia. Luckily for the Austrians, the Croats remained mostly peaceful in these attempts with what few militant groups existing mostly being caught.

Commonly included as part of the Slavic Revolts as well was the Occupation of Gorizia. Several hundred Italians, mostly citizens though some soldiers had deserted to join the militias, marched on the border town and fortified within its old castle. The small contingent of Austrian troops that were left in the region, mainly Croat levies, attacked the town expecting to easily repel the invaders. Instead the Croats were repelled themselves. For over eight months, the small walled town held out, until Austrian veteran troops returning from putting down revolts in the Frontier turned north to siege the town.

Another less recognized part of this year of revolts were the Romanian revolts in Transylvania. Most of the region quickly descended into disorder as Romanian revolutionaries fought in the streets against Magyar loyalist militias. This state of chaos was also part of why Romania was so slow to join, as Romanian news and media covered the revolt as if any day the Romanians would win and Transylvania would return to the mother country without the need for an open war.

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