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Fortunately toward evening the Austrian offensive began losing its strength, and that night the Serbians were able to intrench along a line from Leskovitz to Mihana. This obliged the cavalry division, which had been cooperating with the Serbian center and was driving the Austrians toward Leshnitza, to retire along a line from Metkovitch to Brestovatz.
The Jugoslavs met this assertion with the objection that the outlets in question were inaccessible, all except Fiume and Metkovitch.
The result was that the Austrian column was temporarily driven back into the mountains. Hastily re-forming, the Austrians now massed along a line extending from Belikamen to Radlovatz, while the Serbians deployed along a front running from Slatina through Metkovitch to Gusingrob. At 11 a. m., August 16, 1914, the two opposing forces opened fire in earnest, up and down the line.
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