| Battle of Jajce (1878) | |||||||
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| Part of the Austro-Hungarian campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Gefecht_bei_Jaice_1878.jpg) Battle of Jajce (Karl Pippich, 1890) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Austria-Hungary |
 Bosnia Vilayet | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Duke William of Württemberg |
? | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Carniolan XVII. Infantry Division | Bosnian rebels | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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? some artillery batteries | c. 6,000 rebels | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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c. 600 killed hundreds of wounded | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Jajce was a military engagement between Austria-Hungary and Bosnian rebels supported by the Ottoman Empire that took place on August 7, 1878, as part of the Austro-Hungarian military campaign in Bosnia (Bosnia vilayet) in the for control of the strategic town of Jajce. This was one of the most extensive engagements of the entire campaign, in which the Austro-Hungarian Expeditionary Forces suffered more than six hundred casualties,[1] the heaviest losses during one day of the entire campaign.