This lessened the danger from Kik. Whereupon the
advance along Iverak was continued. By the middle of the afternoon,
when the Austrians were driven out of Reingrob, the Serbians controlled
the situation. The defeat of the Austrians was complete.
The Third Army was again in trouble during this day, August 19,
1914. Its left flank continued its advance from Soldatovitcha, but
the Austrians attempted to pierce their center. But finally this
sorely tried section of the Serbian front emerged triumphant. Before
evening the Austrians were driven back in scattered disorder, leaving
behind them three hospitals filled with wounded, much material,
and 500 prisoners.
Here ended the fourth day of the bloody struggle--August 19, 1914.
In the north around Shabatz the Austrians had made some advance, but
all along the rest of the line they had suffered complete disaster.
The two important mountain ridges, Tzer and Iverak, which dominated
the whole theatre of operations, were definitely in the hands of
the Serbians. And finally, the Third Army had at last broken down
the opposition against it.
Next morning, August 20, 1914, dawned on a situation that was thoroughly
hopeless for the Austrians. Even up around Shabatz, where they
had been successful the day before, the Austrians, realizing that
all was lost to the southward, made only a feeble attack on the
Serbians, who were consequently able to recross the Dobrava River
and establish themselves on the right bank.
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