Austro-Hungarian campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878
| Austro-Hungarian invasion of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||||
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| Part of the Great Eastern Crisis | |||||||||
Northern Austro-Hungarian camp near Mostar, painted by Alexander Ritter von Bensa and Adolf Obermüller | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Austria-Hungary | |||||||||
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| Strength | |||||||||
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198,930 (total) 91,260 (average) |
79,000 insurgents 13,800 soldiers | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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1,205 killed 2,099 died of disease 3,966 wounded 177 missing Total: 7,447 | Unknown | ||||||||
The campaign to establish Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina lasted from 29 July to 20 October 1878 against the local resistance fighters, Muslims and orthodox Serbs, supported unofficially by troops of the Ottoman Empire. The Austro-Hungarian Army entered the country in two large movements: one from the north into Bosnia, and another from the south into Herzegovina. A series of battles in August culminated in the fall of Sarajevo on the 19 August after a day of street-to-street fighting. In the hilly countryside a guerrilla campaign continued until the last rebel stronghold fell after their leader was captured.