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The trench of Loznica in The First Serbian uprising
Mijailović Goran
Jovana Popovića 18, Loznica

INTRODUCTION water for the soldiers. The ability of The
Today The trench of Lozinca is one of trench was around 2000 soldiers. There
the most conserved historical localities aren’t informations indicating that there
from The First Serbian uprising. It was were more soldiers while blockades.
built in spring and summer in 1807. and
it was a part of the earthen fortification CONCLUSION
system along the river Drina which The trench of Loznica is the largest
protected Serbia on the west. The structure conserved from the period of
trenches of Tara, Kremna, Bajina Bašta, The First Serbian uprising. The
Vrhpolje, Ljubovija, Lonjin, Prosklop, measurements of the trench, its ability of
Rožan, Uzovnica, Loznica, Lešnica, soldiers and its leaders (Anta Bogićević,
Novo Selo, Crna Bara and Zasavica Petar Moler, Karađorđe) passed
were the first defence from the Ottoman judgement for the Serbian rebels to
Turks. defeat the superior Ottoman army
commanded by Ibrahim-pasha in 1810.
METHOD OF OPERATION This trench pointed out the significance
For this research I used different kind of of the western region of war for the
literature which I have found in The ultimate success in The uprising.
Library of Vukov Zavičaj, and the notes
I took while interviewing historican LITERATURE
Goran Vilić, autor of the presentation 1. Jadar u prošlosti, knjiga I, grupa
„The battle of Loznica“ which was autora, Loznica, 1985.
created in 2010. to mark 200 years of the 2. Ustanički šančevi na Drini 1804-1813,
battle. After I got through the material, Miloje Ž. Nikolić, Kruševac, 1998.
I’ve got all needed informations.

RESULTS
The trench of Loznica represented a
fortification of significant measurements
120 x 105 meters with two defensive
walls height 3 – 7 meters and total height
around 12 meters. The width of the
defensive walls was around 10 meters.
The trench domineered the spase from
the river Drina to the rivulet Štira
(Lozničko polje, Tičarsko polje). In the
structure of The trench were: a
warehouse for artillery and food, cannon
ditch, rooms for the army, a church and a
log cabin. Also The trench had a few
gates and a secret tunnel connected with
the rivulet Štira, which provided celan