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 | |||||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
198,930 (total) 91,260 (average)[2] |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||||
1,205 killed 2,099 died of disease 3,966 wounded 177 missing Total: 7,447[4] | 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 supported by 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 19th 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.