Austro-Hungarian campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878

Austro-Hungarian invasion of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Part of the Great Eastern Crisis
Northern Austro-Hungarian camp near Mostar, painted by Alexander Ritter von Bensa and Adolf Obermüller
Date 29 July – 20 October 1878 (2 months and 3 weeks) Location Bosnia and Herzegovina Result Austro-Hungarian victory Territorial changes Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Belligerents
Austria-Hungary	Bosnia Vilayet  Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Josip Filipović Gavrilo Rodić Stjepan Jovanović	Muhamed Hadžijamaković [1] Abdulah Kaukčija Hadži Loja
Strength
198,930 (total) 91,260 (average)[2]	79,000 insurgents 13,800 soldiers[3]
Casualties and losses
1,205 killed 2,099 died of disease 3,966 wounded 177 missing Total: 7,447[4]	Unknown

The campaign to establish Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina lasted from 29 July to 20 October 1878 against the local resistance fighters supported by the Ottoman Empire. The Austro-Hungarian Army entered the country in two large movements: one from the north into Bosnia, and another from the south into Herzegovina. A series of battles in August culminated in the fall of Sarajevo on the 19th after a day of street-to-street fighting. In the hilly countryside a guerrilla campaign continued until the last rebel stronghold fell after their leader was captured.