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counterattacked, with artillery, tanks and infantry, the 137 th Home Guard Regiment which
secured the bridgehead at Kozlinska Glavica - Gradina. Th ree members of the 137 th Regiment
were killed and several wounded in the very strong attack. Th e main body, which held the
bridgehead, pulled back because of the force of the assault and panic. Only one platoon held
its ground at Kozlinska Glavica. Th e attack stopped in the morning, the Serbian forces did
not exploit their success, and the line held by the 137 th Home Guard Regiment remained
under its control. Th e regiment was reinforced with a combat group from the 104 th Brigade
(350 troops), a company from the 148 th Brigade (operational reserve of the Karlovac Corps
District), a tank platoon (3 tanks) and an RAK-12 multiple rocket launcher squad from
the 104 th Brigade. 298 Aft er artillery preparation at 0700, the infantry attack started at 0800
hours; the regiment advanced from Mateško - Perjasica to Martinović - Mandika, while
the attached combat group of the 104 th Brigade supported by the tank platoon reached
Maurovići. Having concurrently swept the area, the units reached Perjasica and Gornji
Poloj by 1600 hours, where they stopped and consolidated their positions for defence. Th e
casualties of the regiment included one wounded and one slightly damaged tank, and those
of the HV 104 th Infantry Brigade three wounded. 299 In the night of 5 August the SVK 13 th
Infantry Brigade was ordered to withdraw to the right bank of the Korana and take up
positions from Donji Skrad to Slunj. 300
On 5 August the 110 th Home Guard Regiment held the positions it had achieved in its
attack. During the day it attempted to break through at Turanj - Slunjska Brda with tank
support, but the well-fortifi ed Serbian forces repelled the attack. Th e regiment lost one man
and 26 were wounded; two tanks were damaged. 301
Aft er two days of combat, the units of the Corps District had 14 men dead and 86
wounded. Th e Command of the Karlovac Corps District decided to commit units of the
14 th and 143 rd Home Guard Regiments, the 99 th Brigade and one battalion of the 148 th
Brigade in order to sustain the attack with artillery support, liberate Slunj, intersect the
Slunj - Rakovica road at Broćanac and link up with units of the Gospić Corps District
at Plitvice - Cetingrad. Th e Home Guard regiments with reinforcement were ordered to
push on towards Slunj: the 14 th Regiment along the Plitvice - Slunj axis, the 143 rd Regiment
towards Vrelo Mrežnice and on to Slunj, while the 99 th Brigade had to focus on mopping up
operations in Plaščanska Dolina. 302 In the Karlovac theatre the Corps District Command
298 SVA MORH, ZZPK: IZM, 137th Home Guard Reg., cl. 81/95-01/1, reg. no. 2159-01-95-3 of 5 August 1995;
Operational daily report. MORH, GSHV: Command of the 137th Home Guard Reg., cl. 8/95-01/110, reg. no.
2159-01-95-103, 28 August 1995; Analysis of mission accomplishment for the 137th Home Guard Reg. in
operation Storm. M Sekulić, “Knin je pao u Beogradu” (Knin Fell in Belgrade), 218-219.
299 SVA MORH, ZZPK: IZM, 137th Home Guard Reg., cl. 81/95-01/1, reg. no. 2159-01-95-3 of 5 August 1995;
Operational daily report. MORH, GSHV: Command of the 137th Home Guard Reg., cl. 8/95-01/110, reg.
no. 2159-01-95-103, 28 August 1995; Analysis of mission accomplishment for the 137th Home Guard Reg.
in operation Storm. MORH, GSHV: ZZP Karlovac,cl.8/95-01/88, reg. no. 1078-03/1-95-557 of 4 September
1995; Analysis of Storm.
300 M. Sekulić, »Knin je pao u Beogradu» (Knin Fell in Belgrade), 218.
301 SVA MORH, ZZPK: 110th Home Guard Reg., cl.81/95-01/01, reg. no. 3333-01/1-95-1 of 5 August 1995;
Operational report- MPRH, GSHV: ZZP Karlovac, cl. 8/95-01/88, reg. no. 1078-03/1-95-557 of 4 September
1995; Analysis of Storm-2.
302 MORH, GSHV: ZP Karlovac. IZpM Karlovac-Ogulin, cl. 8/95-01/19, reg. no. 1078-IZM-1/95-1 (no date).
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