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order from Pašin Potok to the village of Basara, while the HV 99 th Brigade was responsible for the same mission from the village of Gejkovac to the village of Pašin Potok. 316 Th e Karlovac Corps District committed its main body towards the interior of Kordun. Part of the 143 rd Home Guard Regiment secured the Slunj training site and Primišlje, while another part was shift ed from Poloj and committed at Veljun - Vojnić. At about 1540 the unit entered Vojnić, and part of it was engaged for sweeping the villages on the right bank of the river Korana. 317 Aft er entering the village of Zagorje part of this group was ordered to let through the 1 st Guards Brigade, and then proceeded to Krnjak and entered Vojnić aft er the Brigade late in the aft ernoon. 318 Th e 137 th Home Guard Regiment had advanced to Vojnić via Dugi Dol - Krnjak with reinforcements from the 110 th Home Guard Regiment, and the HV 149 th and 104 th Brigades. Th e group entered Krnjak at about 1200 without encountering any resistance. Aft er sweeping the area of the village the group pushed on towards Krnjak - Grabovac Vojnićki - Kolarić - Vojnić. At Kolarić Križ the group captured a group of members of the Army of the Republic of Western Bosnia, whose main body was at Miholjsko. 319 “Encountering almost no resistance, in the early aft ernoon”, aft er advancing from Mekušje - Kamensko - Popović Brdo, Turanj - Cerovac Tušilovački - Vukmanić and Turanj - Tušilović - Brezova Glava, the 110 th Home Guard Regiment entered Vojnić together with the attached reinforcements, parts of the HV 104 th Brigade and an armoured platoon of the Karlovac Corps District. 320 Vojnić was empty, and a small number of civilians found refuge in the centre of the International Red Cross. In the evening the command of the 137 th Home Guard Regiment and other HV units also arrived at Vojnić. 321 Aft er the liberation of Vojnić part of the forces of the Karlovac Corps District was engaged for the sweeping of the liberated area. 322 In one of such actions units of the 104 th Brigade 316 MORH, GSHV: ZP Karlovac, cl.81/95-01/01, reg. no. 1078-02/2-95-565 of 7 August 1995; Operational report. MORH, GSHV: IZM GSHV, cl. str. conf. 80-01/95-02/12, reg. no. 512-06-10-95-04 of 15 August 1995; Action analysis. 317 MORH, GSHV: ZP Karlovac, cl. 81/95-01/01, reg. no. 1078-02/2-95-565 of 7 August 1995; Operational report. MORH, GSHV: ZZP Karlovac, IZpM Karlovac-Ogulin, cl. 8/95-01/478, reg. no. 1110-01-95-4782 of 7 August 1995; Report. MORH, GSHV: APO 1110 Ogulin, cl. 8/95-01-46, reg. no. 1110-01-95-4791 of 7 August 1995; Report. 318 MORH, GSHV:: Report of the 143rd Home Guard Regiment; Report of the reconnaissance platoon for 4 to 10 August 1995. 319 MORH, GSHV: ZP Karlovac, cl. 81/95-01/01, reg. no. 1078-02/2-95-565 of 7 August 1995; Operational report. MORH, GSHV: Command of the 137th Home Guard Reg., cl. 85-01/110, reg. no. 2159-01-95-103 of 28 August 1995; Analysis. 320 MORH, GSHV: ZP Karlovac, cl. 81/95-01/01, reg. no. 1078-02/2-95-565 of 7 August 1995; Operational report. 321 MORH, GSHV: ZP Karlovac, cl. 81/95-01/01, reg. no. 1078-02/2-95-565 of 7 August 1995; Operational report. MORH, GSHV: Command of the 137th Home Guard Reg., cl. 85-01/110, reg. no. 2159-01-95-103 of 28 August 1995; Analysis. 322 MORH, GSHV: ZP Karlovac, cl. 81/95-01/01, reg. no. 1078-02/2-95-566 of 8 August 1995; Operational report. MORH, GSHV: GS HV, cl. 80-01/95-02/08, reg. no. 512-06/05/01-95-438 of 8 August 1995; Report. 114
were ambushed on 8 August by the Serbs at the village of Križ south of Banski Kovačevac. In the bus carrying the troops of the brigade four men were killed and 20 wounded by infantry fi re. One Serbian soldier was also killed in the exchange of fi re. 323 Part of the forces was also committed towards the SVK Kordun Corps which was negotiating its surrender. 324 Because of this the planned attack of the 1 st Guards Brigade towards Slavsko Polje was called off . Th e other forces subordinated to the advance command post of the HV General Staff - the 14 th Home Guard Regiment and the 99 th Brigade - were deployed along the state border. 325 On 9 August the HV 1 st Guards Brigade entered Vrginmost, followed by other units. 326 During the day units of the Karlovac Corps District were engaged in sweeping the liberated area: the 110 th Home Guard Regiment covered the Vrginmost - Lasinja area, the 137 th Home Guard Regiment the Vojnić area, the 143 rd Home Guard Regiment the Vrginmost - Lasinja - Skakavac area, and the 14 th Home Guard Regiment the area of the town of Slunj, Cetingrad and Rakovica up to the state border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. 327 Photograph by Michael Sharp 323 MORH, GSHV: ZP Karlovac, cl. 81/95-01/01, reg. no. 1078-02/2-95-567 of 8 August 1995; Operational report. 324 MORH, GSHV: ZP Karlovac, cl. 81/95-01/01, reg. no. 1078-02/2-95-566 of 8 August 1995; Operational report 325 MORH, GSHV: GS HV, cl. 80-01/95-02/08, reg. no. 512-06-05/01-95-434 of 8 August 1995; Order. MORH, GSHV: IZM GSHV, cl. str. conf. 80-01/95-02/12, reg. no. 512-06-10-95-04 of 15 August 1995; Action analysis. 326 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Karlovac, cl. 8/95-01/88, reg. no. 1078-03/2-95-407 of 9 August 1995; Analysis of off ensive Vrginmost action. 327 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Karlovac, cl. 8/95-01/01, reg. no. 1078-03/2-95-568 of 9 August 1995; Operational report. 115
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order from Pašin Potok to the village of Basara, while the HV 99 th Brigade was responsible<br />
for the same mission from the village of Gejkovac to the village of Pašin Potok. 316<br />
Th e Karlovac Corps District committed its main body towards the interior of Kordun.<br />
Part of the 143 rd Home Guard Regiment secured the Slunj training site and Primišlje, while<br />
another part was shift ed from Poloj and committed at Veljun - Vojnić. At about 1540 the<br />
unit entered Vojnić, and part of it was engaged for sweeping the villages on the right bank<br />
of the river Korana. 317 Aft er entering the village of Zagorje part of this group was ordered to<br />
let through the 1 st Guards Brigade, and then proceeded to Krnjak and entered Vojnić aft er<br />
the Brigade late in the aft ernoon. 318<br />
Th e 137 th Home Guard Regiment had advanced to Vojnić via Dugi Dol - Krnjak with<br />
reinforcements from the 110 th Home Guard Regiment, and the HV 149 th and 104 th Brigades.<br />
Th e group entered Krnjak at about 1200 without encountering any resistance. Aft er<br />
sweeping the area of the village the group pushed on towards Krnjak - Grabovac Vojnićki -<br />
Kolarić - Vojnić. At Kolarić Križ the group captured a group of members of the Army of the<br />
Republic of Western Bosnia, whose main body was at Miholjsko. 319 “Encountering almost<br />
no resistance, in the early aft ernoon”, aft er advancing from Mekušje - Kamensko - Popović<br />
Brdo, Turanj - Cerovac Tušilovački - Vukmanić and Turanj - Tušilović - Brezova Glava, the<br />
110 th Home Guard Regiment entered Vojnić together with the attached reinforcements,<br />
parts of the HV 104 th Brigade and an armoured platoon of the Karlovac Corps District. 320<br />
Vojnić was empty, and a small number of civilians found refuge in the centre of the<br />
International Red Cross. In the evening the command of the 137 th Home Guard Regiment<br />
and other HV units also arrived at Vojnić. 321<br />
Aft er the liberation of Vojnić part of the forces of the Karlovac Corps District was engaged<br />
for the sweeping of the liberated area. 322 In one of such actions units of the 104 th Brigade<br />
316 MORH, GSHV: ZP Karlovac, cl.81/95-01/01, reg. no. 1078-02/2-95-565 of 7 August 1995; Operational<br />
report. MORH, GSHV: IZM GSHV, cl. str. conf. 80-01/95-02/12, reg. no. 512-06-10-95-04 of 15 August<br />
1995; Action analysis.<br />
317 MORH, GSHV: ZP Karlovac, cl. 81/95-01/01, reg. no. 1078-02/2-95-565 of 7 August 1995; Operational<br />
report. MORH, GSHV: ZZP Karlovac, IZpM Karlovac-Ogulin, cl. 8/95-01/478, reg. no. 1110-01-95-4782<br />
of 7 August 1995; Report. MORH, GSHV: APO 1110 Ogulin, cl. 8/95-01-46, reg. no. 1110-01-95-4791 of 7<br />
August 1995; Report.<br />
318 MORH, GSHV:: Report of the 143rd Home Guard Regiment; Report of the reconnaissance platoon for<br />
4 to 10 August 1995.<br />
319 MORH, GSHV: ZP Karlovac, cl. 81/95-01/01, reg. no. 1078-02/2-95-565 of 7 August 1995; Operational<br />
report. MORH, GSHV: Command of the 137th Home Guard Reg., cl. 85-01/110, reg. no. 2159-01-95-103<br />
of 28 August 1995; Analysis.<br />
320 MORH, GSHV: ZP Karlovac, cl. 81/95-01/01, reg. no. 1078-02/2-95-565 of 7 August 1995; Operational<br />
report.<br />
321 MORH, GSHV: ZP Karlovac, cl. 81/95-01/01, reg. no. 1078-02/2-95-565 of 7 August 1995; Operational<br />
report. MORH, GSHV: Command of the 137th Home Guard Reg., cl. 85-01/110, reg. no. 2159-01-95-103<br />
of 28 August 1995; Analysis.<br />
322 MORH, GSHV: ZP Karlovac, cl. 81/95-01/01, reg. no. 1078-02/2-95-566 of 8 August 1995; Operational<br />
report. MORH, GSHV: GS HV, cl. 80-01/95-02/08, reg. no. 512-06/05/01-95-438 of 8 August 1995; Report.<br />
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