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esistance and fi re from Bosnia&Herzegovina; “it returned fi re, but was unable to continue
and fortifi ed the achieved line”. 438
Because of the lost momentum in the attack from Dubica towards Baćin - Kostajnica the
command of the Bjelovar Corps District decided to use one battalion and the reconnaissance
platoon of the HV 121 st Home Guard Regiment for the liberation of Kostajnica. In the
aft ernoon these forces were transferred from Nova Gradiška to Hrvatska Dubica, where
they rested for the night. 439
Th e ZP Bjelovar objective for 6 August was Hrvatska Kostajnica. Th e brunt was to be
borne by a reinforced battalion of the 121 st Home Guard Regiment attacking towards
Rosulja - Čaire - Kostajnica and Kaluđer - Tadić Kosa - Kostajnica. Aft er liberating the
village of Slabinje the battalion battled its way through the village of Čaire, and entered
Kostajnica at about 1700 hours aft er running into “weak but constant resistance of the
remaining” Serbian forces. 440
Th e battalion of the 121 st Home Guard Regiment was followed by the battle group of
the 24 th Home Guard Regiment which seized and secured the state border from Hrvatska
Dubica to Šuplji Kamen. 441
At 1200 on 6 August parts of the 52 nd Home Guard Regiment linked up by the Slovinci
railway station with units of the Zagreb Corps District. Aft er linkup the regiment pushed
on from Slovinci towards Raušovac - Selište - Kostajnica, its objectives being the liberation
of Kostajnica and the securing of the state border on the river Una. In the aft ernoon it took
the village of Utolica and Rausovac, and linked up with ZP Zagreb at Selište Kostajničko. In
the evening the regiment entered Kostajnica and spent the night there. 442
By liberating Kostajnica ZP Bjelovar completed the off ensive part of its operation. It
now had to consolidate the achieved line, secure the state border and mop up the liberated
areas between the rivers Sava and Una. During its three-day action the Bjelovar Corps
District had 7 men killed, 7 severely wounded and 15 lightly wounded. 443 Aft er the off ensive
operations the Corps District took over the securing of the state border with its 125 th Home
Guard Regiment from the village of Uštica to Dubica; the battle group of the 24 th Home
Guard Regiment secured the Čaire - Rosulja line, and the 52 nd Home Guard Regiment
was pulled back from Kostajnica to the Šaš - Živaja area where it was stationed as the
operational reserve of ZP Bjelovar. 444
438 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Bjelovar, cl. 80-01/95-02/01, reg. no. 1077-04-95-532 of 5 August 1995; Report.
439 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Bjelovar, cl. 818-01/95-02/01, reg. no. 1077-05-95-435 of 21 August 1995; Report.
440 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Bjelovar, IZPM Novska, cl. 80-01/95-02/01, reg. no. 1077-04-95-547 of 6 August 1995;
Report. MORH, GSHV: ZZP Bjelovar, IZPM Novska, cl. 80-01/95-02/01, reg. no. 1077-04-95-550 of 6 August
1995; Report. MORH, GSHV: cl. 80-01/95-02/08, reg. no. 512-06--05/01-95-505 of 21 August 1995; Report.
441 MORH, GSHV: GS HV, cl. 80-01/95-02/08, reg. no. 512-06-05/01-95-505 of 21 August 1995; Report.
442 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Bjelovar, IZPM Novska, cl. 80-01/95-02/01, reg. no. 1077-04-95 of 6 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.
443 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Bjelovar, IZPM Novska, cl. 80-01/95-02/01, reg. no. 1077-04-95-558 of 6 August 1995;
Report.
444 MORH, GSHV: ZZP Bjelovar IZpM Novska, cl. 8J0-01/95-02/02, reg. no. 1077-04-95-564 of 7 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.
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