Battle of Ceres

The forces of Austria-Hungary at the beginning of the invasion on the Balkan front amounted to 200,000 people. This was due to the fact that a significant part of the 2nd Austro-Hungarian army was transferred to the Russian front, greatly reducing the number of troops. Of the remaining forces, 140,000 were directly involved in the operation.

The Serbian armed forces numbered 247 thousand people, of which 180 thousand took part in the operation. The Serbian army was forced to keep garrisons against the Albanian and Macedonian rebels, supported by Bulgaria.

• In memory of the first victory of Serbia over Austria-Hungary, the legendary March on Drina was written by composer Stanislav Binichki .
• In 1964, the Yugoslav director Zhika Mitrovich made the film “ March to Drina ” about the battle of Ceres.
• The Serbian hip-hop group Beogradski Syndicate recorded the song “Tin Warriors”, dedicating it to the participants of the Czersk and Kolubara battles. A video clip in the form of cutting frames from the film “March to Drina” was shot on the composition.

• Korsun N. G. Balkan Front of the World War 1914–1918 - M .: Military Publishing House of the NPO of the USSR, 1939 .-- 124 p.