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were somewhat smaller. The number of rifles exceeded 320,000 besides artillery and cavalry.

Taking into account the number of army corps employed against Serbia, together with the repeated reinforcements they received, it is evident that Austria-Hungary left no troops in reserve. Bringing all her resources into action, she employed in defensive and offensive action against Serbia at least 600,000 men, and straining her troops to the last limit of human endurance, she sustained appalling losses.

It has leaked out from Budapest? that before the middle of October, according to official reports, Austria-Hungary lost in the Serbian theatre of war 148,000 men. The number was even greater during the operations in Serbia in November 1914, when Austria-Hungary undoubtedly lost more than half her men. Her losses after the 1st of November, 1914, certainly reached 180,000 in sick, wounded, killed and prisoners, which makes a total loss of 330,000 men, of which 68,900 were prisoners.

Besides, Serbia captured 4 flags, 192 guns of different calibre, 31 limbers, whose guns were buried or destroyed, 491 carloads of ammunition, 86 machine-guns, 90,000 rifles, 4000 horses, and much other material.

The Serbs thus captured men and material sufficient to form two complete army corps. Of particular value to them were the mountain

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