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Bačuga. On the Petrinja - Jabukovac road the brigade linked up with some of its units
in the Second Tactical Group, and pushed on to Hrvatski Čuntić, Prnjavor Čutnićki and
Jabukovac. By nighfall the brigade liberated Veliki Šušnjar and Majski Trtnik. During its
advance the Group clashed with the Serbian rearguard covering the withdrawal of its main
body and of civilians towards Glina. Part of the rearguard was destroyed, and the remainder
pulled back with the main body of the Banija Corps. Th e 2 nd Guards Brigade reached by
nightfall the Majski Trtnik - Banski Grabovac - Veliki Šušnjari line. 378 A battalion of the
140 th Home Guard Regiment also reached Banski Grabovac in the early evening and took
up positions in the villages of Vlahović and Veliki Šušnjar. 379 TG-2 reached Blinja with no
major eff ort and, by the evening, seized the village of Umetić together with part of the HV
57 th Brigade, and set up defensive positions there. 380
During 6 August the forces in the Sunja Th eatre also began to achieve success. Th e
HV 103 rd Brigade seized the area around the villages Drljača and Radonja Luka. Aft er
regrouping and running into weak Serbian resistance along a 3 km stretch between the
villages of Prevršac and Panjani the brigade reached the Kostajnica - Petrinja road. 381 Units
of the 17 th Home Guard Regiment and the HV 151 st Brigade advanced along Slovinci -
village of Timarci - Selište Kostajničko - village of Rosulje - Hrvatska Kostajnica. In the
aft ernoon hours a reinforced battalion of the HV 145 th Brigade was committed along the
same line. At 1200 hours the HV 151 st Brigade linked up with the units of the Bjelovar
Corps District on the Dubica - Sunja road. In the evening these forces reached Kostajnica
liberated at noon by units of the Bjelovar Corps District, and secured the communications
in the liberated area. 382
On 7 August in the morning the HV 2 nd Guards Brigade advanced towards Maja - Donji
Klasnić - Donji Žirovac - Dvor na Uni. Up to the crossroads at the village of Januzi it was
opposed by small enemy groups which were eliminated without halting the advance. At
Januzi and the village of Grabno the Serbian forces set up defensive positions acting as a
rearguard for the troops and civilians withdrawing via Veliki Obljaj and Mali Obljaj from
Vojnić and Vrginmost. Th e brigade blocked the area with part of one of its battalions,
while the main body pushed on to Brezovo Polje - Donji Žirovac. At the foot of the Vratnik
pass its advance was halted by a Serbian tank platoon from Gornji Žirovac, which engaged
targets on Vratnik and controlled the road to Donji Žirovac with its fi re. Th e brigade
fortifi ed the achieved line and mopped-up the villages of Čavlovica, Brđane and Ličine. 383
378 MORH, GSHV: 2nd Guards Brigade, 12 August 1995. Action report for the main line of attack.
379 MORH, GSHV: War diary, 140th Home Guard Reg., 6 August 1995. MORH, GSHV: APO 1106, cl. 8/95-
01/49, reg. no. 1106-8/95-01/49 of 5 September1995; Report.
380 MORH, GSHV: TG commander, 12 August 1995; TG action report.
381 MORH, GSHV: APO 2125, cl. 8/95-01/95, reg. no. 2125-02/95-66 of 1 September 1995; Action analysis.
MORH, GSHV: ZZP Zagreb, cl. 81/95-01/03, reg. no. 1075-12/95-213/1 of 13 September 1995; Analysis.
382 MORH, GSHV: APO 8314 Sunja, cl. 81/95-01/01, reg. no. 8314-01/01-2-95-184 of 5 September 1995;
Analysis. MORH, GSHV: APO 3008, cl. 818-01/95-01, reg. no. 3008-01/95-559 of 4 August 1995; Observations.
MORH, GSHV: APO 3002, cl. 030-01/95-01, reg. no. 3002-01/95-1451 of 6 September 1995; Analysis.
383 MORH, GSHV: 2nd Guards Brigade, 12 August 1995; Action report for the main line of attack. MORH,
GSHV: APO 1112/30, cl. 8/95-01/32, reg. no. 1112-32/01-95-175 of 4 September 1995; Action analysis.
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