Loznitza
Serbia, a town or village of Serbia, on the right bank of the Drina, 65 miles S. W. of Belgrade. The town acquired prominence as the scene of the first heavy fighting of the World War in the Balkans. It was at this point that the Austrian armies, under General Piotorek, made the first attack in their first invasion of Serbian territory, on Aug. 12, 1914, and so began the battle of the Jardar river. Loznitza was also the center of all the military operations that took place in this section of Serbia during the following eighteen months, which finally terminated in the conquest of the country by the troops of the Central Powers.