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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.
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