Battle of Doboj (1878)

Battle of Doboj
Part of Austro-Hungarian campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878

Map of the clash near Doboj and Strježevice from the year 1879
Date4 – 6 September 1878
Location
Doboj, Bosnia vilayet
Result Austro-Hungarian victory
Belligerents
Austria-Hungary

Ottoman Empire

Commanders and leaders
Unknown Unknown
Units involved
8th Infantry Regiment Brno
54th Infantry Regiment Olomouc		 Unknown
Strength
Unknown Several hundred
Casualties and losses
More than 30 dead
dozens wounded		 Dozens killed and wounded

Battle of Doboj was a military engagement between Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire that took place from 4 to 6 September 1878 as part of the Austro-Hungarian military campaign in the Bosnian Vilayet for control of the town of Doboj on the Bosna River. Units of the Austro-Hungarian Expeditionary Force, consisting mainly of the Moravian Infantry Regiments No. 8 from Brno and No. 54 from Olomouc, defeated the Bosnian troops.

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