CASUALTY RECORD // September 6, 1914
Battle of Drina
Estimated casualties — killed, wounded, captured, and missing — by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Casualties by side
2 sides catalogued · combined 70,000 estimated
Austria-Hungary
40,000
Medium-confidence figure
Kingdom of Serbia
30,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of the Drina was fought near Loznica in September 1914 as part of the First Serbian campaign, one of the opening offensives of World War I on the Balkan front. The engagement produced severe losses on both sides — 40,000 casualties for Austria-Hungary and 30,000 for Serbia — reflecting the intensity of early-war fighting between the two powers. The battle was part of Austria-Hungary's broader effort to subdue Serbia rapidly, a campaign that repeatedly underestimated Serbian defensive capacity. The heavy Austro-Hungarian losses sustained in this and related engagements along the Drina contributed to the failure of the First Serbian campaign, demonstrating that the Serbian army could absorb and inflict substantial punishment despite facing a larger imperial adversary.
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