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system was destabilized and reduced to unconnected resistance of groups which slowed
down along certain lines of advance the progress of the HV. Deep in Lika the Serbian
forces began to evacuate the Udbina Air Base. 244
In the middle of the day the HV 111 th Brigade crushed the Serbian forces at Urija -
Nikšić - Rujnica - Novoselija, liberated part of Novi Lički Osik and linked up with forces
of the HV 118 th Home Guard Regiment. Part of the Brigade sustained its assault on
Ostrovica - Barlete. Advancing towards Alivojvodići - Murgići - Serdar and Bukovac -
Lisina - Široka Kula the 118 th Home Guard Regiment liberated Klenovica, Široka Kula,
Nikšić and part of Novi Lički Osik, in which it linked up with the 111 th Brigade. 245
In the southern part of the Lika theatre, special police forces advanced downhill from
the Velebit Massif, and liberated Lovinac and Gračac in the morning hours. Late in the
evening they linked up with the units of the Gospić Corps District at Lički Ribnik. 246
Th e SVK 9 th Motorized Brigade retreated from the greater area of Gračac, Ploče, Bruvno
and Mazin towards Mazin - Dobroselo - Bosanski Petrovac. 247 At the order of the Chief
of the HV General Staff pursuit was mounted by the MUP RH Special Forces, with one
battalion advancing towards Bruvno and the other towards Otrić. 248
On the third day of the operation, 6 August, the HV 1 st Guards Brigade reached
Rakovica and linked up with the ARBiH 5 th Corps at Drežnik Grad and Vaganac. 249
Aft er linkup the Brigade disengaged from the Gospić Corps District and returned under
the command of the HV General Staff . 250 Th e HV 119 th Brigade was committed in its line
of action and took over its positions at Tržačka Raštela - Kordunski Ljeskovac - Ličko
Petrovo Selo, while one battalion pushed on to Čorkova Uvala. 251 At Trnavac - Brzovac -
Čujića Krčevine - Prijeboj one battalion of the 154 th Home Guard Regiment “reached the
state border at Ličko Petrovo Selo - Vaganac - Pešina Luka and linked up with the units
of the ARBiH 5 th Corps and the 119 th Brigade”. 252
244 MORH, GSHV: ZP Gospić, cl. 80-02/95-01/06, reg. no. 1043-04-95-03 of 5 August 1995; Regular daily report
No. 3. .
245 In the analysis of the Gospić Corps District the HV 111th Brigade liberated the area of Zubar and Oštrica, and the
118th Home Guard Regiment the area of Široka Kula, Klenovac, Nikšić and Novi Lički Osik. MORH, GSHV: ZZP
Gospić, cl. 80-02/95-01/06, reg. no. 1043-04-95-43 of 30 August 1995; Analysis of the off ensive operation Storm 95.
HMDCDR: comments on the text about the Gospić Corps District in the military-police operation Storm.
246 MORH, GSHV: GS HV, cl. 80-01/95-02/08, reg. no. 512-05/01-95-400 of 5 August 1995; Report. HMDCDR: Ž.
Sačić, «Specijalna policija u Oluji (Special Police in Storm).
247 M Sekulić,”Knin je pao u Beogradu” (Knin Fell in Belgrade), 205.
248 HMDCDR: Ž. Sačić, «Specijalna policija u Oluji (Special Police in Storm).
249 MORH, GSHV: ZP Gospić, 80-02/95-01/06, reg. no. 1043-04-95-23 of 6 August 1995; Regular daily report No. 6.
MORH, GSHV: ZZP Gospić, cl. 80-02/95-01/06, reg. no. 1043-04-95-43 of 30 August 1995; Analysis of the off ensive
operation Storm 95.
250 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Gospić, cl. 80-02/95-01/06, reg. no. 1043-04-95-46 of 26 September 1995; Analysis of the
off ensive operation Storm 95.
251 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Gospić, cl. 80-02/95-01/06, reg. no. 1043-04-95-43 of 30 August 1995; Analysis of the of-
fensive operation Storm 95.
252 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Gospić, cl. 80-02/95-01/06, reg. no. 1043-04-95-43 of 30 August 1995; Analysis of the of-
fensive operation Storm 95.
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