Talk:Battle of Cer

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In the WW1 article it is said that "Three days later the Austrians retreated across the Danube, having suffered 21,000 casualties as against 16,000 Serbian. This marked the first major Allied victory of the war." And here that Austria-Hungary lost 30,000. Which one ist correct? Latre

According to Serbian historian Savo Skoko and his book "Vojvoda Stepa Stepanović", around 23.000 is the correct number.

Veljko Stevanovich 23. 2. 2006 00:20 UTC+1

Potiorek suicide?

Someone added in "Potiorek was stripped of his command and later commited suicide after this key defeat." He was obviously still in command at the later battle of Kolubara, which was when he was demoted, and he died in 1933. He was suicidal after Cer and Kolubara, but he didn't go through with it. ELV

Amongst the Serbian officers that died during the battle, was infantry major Kursula , who led one of the most crucial charges. He held his saber, and as all Serbian officers, was the first in front of his soldiers, with a taunt :" All after me! Long live the King! Long live Serbia. He survived five charges just to be killed by recessive artillery fire at the very end of the battle, when , already wounded in the head, he got hit by a piece of the exploded grenade. One of the interesting things about him is that, before the war, on the high officer exam that he took to become the general, he first brought out the possibility that Austrian army could and most likely will attack over the river Drina, while trying to deceive Serbian high command by the attack of one of their armies from the north. That was just what happened, and Serbian high officers also saw through Austrian deception, but general Stepa Stepanović, the hero of the battle of Cer , who had also foreseen Pochorek's plan, has rejected that theory in the time Major Kursula brought it, telling him that it is not tactically wise from the Austrians, because of the terrain. He then denied Kursula the rank of the general.Just couple months after, he too came out with the same idea. KR3W

This whole section is based upon some scenes from the movie "Marš na Drinu". These are not historical facts. I suggest to whoever added this to the article to grow up.

Veljko Stevanovich 15. 3. 2007. 21:05 UTC+1

[edit] Needs a rewrite

Some aspects of this article suggest that it needs a rewrite, namely:

1) It is written in broken English; 2) It has a POV tone suggesting Serbian bias; and 3) It has almost no information about the actual battle itself.

I'd suggest that it be looked at in order to remedy these problems by someone knowledgeable about the battle. Thanks. 216.83.83.166 14:23, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

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I agree that this page needs a re-write: Broken English Focuses almost entirely on 2 Serbian commanders Creates "if they had done this this would have happened" passages PS Why is this linked to Serbia but not Austria? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.217.61.18 (talk) 14:24, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Don't Forget Montenegro

I did some research and found some info. that Montenegro gave 3,000 troops to assist Serbia in fighting Austria-Hungary in the battle. I did not find that in the article. I also found that about 500 Greek troops also assisted in the battle, even though only 300 actualy fought. I did not find that in the article either.-Apr.30,08 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.190.216.182 (talk) 01:21, 1 May 2008 (UTC)