shaoatz

Updated: May 11, 2025

Two days later, early in the morning, two Austrian aeroplanes whirred over the River Save and circled over Krupani, Shaoatz and Valievo. The last doubts were then dispelled; the attack was coming from the east. And finally, on August 12, 1914, the message flashed over the wires that the outposts had seen boats in movement, full of soldiers, behind an island on the Drina, opposite Loznitza.

- The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12): The War Begins, Invasion of Belgium, Battle of the Marne