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the 125 th Home Guard Regiment captured the villages of Uštica and Višnjica, at 1600
a battalion of the 52 nd Home Guard Regiment and the 265 th Reconnaissance-Sabotage
Company were committed at Tanac - Dubica. By 21.00 hours these units seized the Jelas
and Željezara (ironworks) plants east of Donji Cerovljani. 432
In the fi rst phase of the operation the battle group of the 24 th Home Guard Regiment
was part of the ZP Bjelovar reserve, while in the second it was to secure the left fl ank of
the 52 nd Home Guard Regiment in the assault against Jasenovac - Hrvatska Dubica. Th e
group was committed at 1930 from Jasenovac towards Tanac, linked up at about 2100
with one battalion of the 52nd Home Guard Regiment and stopped for the night along
the Tanac - Crne Grede road. 433
ZP Bjelovar completed the fi rst day of the operation in an impressive way. Th at was
undoubtedly the reason why it was ordered by the HV General Staff , in the night of
4 August, to liberate Hrvatska Dubica the following day and support, “by vigorous
intervention along the valley of the river Una and the Dubica - Rausovac road”, the
assault of ZP Zagreb towards Sunja - Kostajnica. 434 At the time it was already clear that
the Jasenovac - Dubica - Kostajnica assault axis pursued by ZP Bjelovar had become the
central line of action of the Croatian forces in the Banovina region because of the hitch
in the zone of responsibility of the Zagreb Corps District. 435
“Driven back by strong artillery fi re” in the night of 4 August the enemy withdrew
together with civilians from Hrvatska Dubica across the river Una to Bosanska Dubica.
A battalion of the 52nd Home Guard Regiment and the battle group of the 24 th Home
Guard Regiment entered the empty and undefended town from the northeast, and
the 125 th Home Guard Regiment from the north. A battalion of the 52 nd Home Guard
Regiment and the battle group of the 24 th Home Guard Regiment sustained their attack,
while security and the defence of Dubica and the state border on the river Una were
taken over by the HV 125 th Home Guard Regiment. 436
Th e battalion of the HV 52 nd Home Guard Regiment pushed on from Dubica towards
Živaja - Šaš, the area of planned linkup with forces of the Zagreb Corps District. Th ere
was no linkup, and later in the evening the battalion reached the access to the village of
Šaš. 437
Th e battle group of the 24 th Home Guard Regiment advanced from Dubica towards
Rusovac and Kostajnica. Th e group reached the village of Baćin, where it ran into stiff
432 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Bjelovar, cl. 80-01/95-01, reg. no. 1077-04/95-518 of 4 August 1995; Report.
433 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Bjelovar, cl. 80-01/95-01, reg. no. 1077-04/95-5268 of 4 August 1995; Report.
MORH, GSHV: APO 2147, cl. 8/95-01/140, reg. no. 2147-01-95-39/1 of 14 August 1995; Analysis.
434 MORH, GSHV: GS HV, cl. 80-01/95-02/08, reg. no. 512-06-05/01-95-384 of 5 August 1995; Order.
435 MORH, GSHV: GS HV, cl. 80-01/95-02/08, reg. no. 512-06-05/01-95-505 of 21 August 1995; Report.
436 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Bjelovar, cl. 80-01/95-02/01, reg. no. 1077-04-95 of 5 August 1995; Report. MORH,
GSHV: GS HV, cl. 80-01/95-02/08, reg. no. 512-06-05/01-95-505 of 21 August 1995; Report.
437 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Bjelovar, cl. 80-01/95-02/01, reg. no. 1077-04-95 of 5 August 1995; Report. MORH,
GSHV: ZZP Bjelovar, cl. 80-01/95-02/01, reg. no. 1077-04-95-534 of 5 August 1995; Report.
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