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3. Troop and offi cer morale is good although the troops are hard-hit by yesterday’s
situation.
(...)
6. Numerical strength: 550.
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Original, handwritten, Latin script
HR-HMDCDR, 2, box 4284
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1995, 28 July
Bihać
Report of the ARBiH 5th Corps to the BiH Embassy in Zagreb on the chetnik breakthrough
at Bugar and heavy attacks from mounts Plješivica and Grmeč
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COMMAND OF THE DEFENCE OF THE
5 TH CORPS REPUBLIC
Str. conf. No. 02/4-3-64 MILITARY SECRET
Bihać, 28 July 1995 STRICTLY CONF.
“URGENT”
Information on aggressor action
in the zone of responsibility of
the 5 th Corps of the ARBiH
To: EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF
BOSNIA&HERZEGOVINA (RBiH)
IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
MILITARY ATTACHÉ
(Att. Zijah Poprženović)
Th e aggressor has sustained combat operations in the zone of responsibility of the 5 th
Corps. On 27 July 1995 the aggressor has succeeded in breaking through at Bugar and
hill 373, supported by strong tank fi re and artillery of all calibres.
In the night of 27/28 July our forces counterattacked along the same line, partly drove
back the aggressor, but did not succeed in holding the achieved positions because of the
extremely strong artillery fi re and tenacious resistance of the chetniks. In the morning
hours on 28 July, aft er a strong artillery preparation, the aggressor forces attacked along
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