Glušci ( sr-cyr, Глушци ) is a village in

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. It is situated in the

Bogatić Bogatić ( sr-cyr, Богатић, ) is a town and municipality located in the Mačva District of western Serbia. As of 2011 census, it has 28,843 residents. Geography Bogatić is located in the western part of Serbia. The nearest large settl ...

municipality, in the

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. The village has a

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ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,346 people (2002 census). Glušci 013.jpg, Elementary school Etno - Avlija, Glušci 014.jpg, Ethno Garden Glušci 003.jpg, Orthodox church Glušci 017.jpg, Monument to National Liberation Army and victims of Fascism

The First World War

Glušci was the scene of fierce fighting between the armies of Serbia and

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during the

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. The latter attempted to seize the whole

Mačva Mačva ( sr-Cyrl, Мачва, ; hu, Macsó) is a geographical and historical region in the northwest of Central Serbia, on a fertile plain between the Sava and Drina rivers. The chief town is Šabac. The modern Mačva District of Serbia is name ...

territory of northwestern Serbia starting on 1 September 1914. However, the Serbian Army stopped their advance by 7 September, using a diagonal line of multiple trenches running through Glušci and neighboring Uzveće. The invasion ended ten days later with an Austrian foothold in the Mačva with the frontlines unchanged. Casualties ran into the many thousands on both sides. On 5 November 1914, the Austrians conducted a new offensive and overran the trenches running through Glušci. This initiated the third offensive against Serbia. However, the results of the

Battle of Kolubara The Battle of Kolubara ( sr-cyr, Колубарска битка, german: Schlacht an der Kolubara) was fought between Austria-Hungary and Kingdom of Serbia, Serbia in November and December 1914, during the Serbian Campaign of World War I. It ...

were decisive for the Serbian Army, causing the Austrians to evacuate all of Serbia, including the Mačva, by the middle of December 1914. Glušci was totally destroyed and abandoned during the war, and rebuilt only after the peace.

The First World War

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