Battle of Lođa

Battle of Lođa
	Part of the Kosovo War
Date	First Battle: 6–17 July 1998; Second Battle: 10–17 August 1998
Location	Logjë, near Pejë, FR Yugoslavia
Result	First Battle: KLA and FARK victory ; Second Battle: KLA And FARK tactical retreat
Belligerents
KLA; FARK	FR Yugoslavia
Commanders and leaders
Tahir Zemaj; Sali Çekaj Shaban Shala	Nebojša Pavković
Casualties and losses
2 killed	12 killed; (KLA claim)
	2 civilians killed, 25 wounded

The Battle of Lođa (Serbian: Boj na Lođi, Serbian Cyrillic: Бој на лођи, Albanian: Beteja e Logjës) was fought during the Kosovo War in the village of Logjë first on 6-12 July 1998^[6] and again later on 10-17 August 1998.^[7]^[8] between the Yugoslav Army against the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosova (FARK).^[9] The first battle was an operation launched to counterattack the Albanian rebels after two Yugoslav policemen patrolling the area had been killed.^[8] The first battle ended in an KLA victory,^[6] while the second operation ended in a Yugoslav victory.^[8]^[5] All of village's 284 houses and mosque were destroyed by Serbian Police with bulldozers.^[10]

References

^ McAllester, Matthew (November 2003). Beyond the Mountains of the Damned: The War Inside Kosovo. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-5661-4.
^ Keshtu foli Tahir Zemaj Fq.54
^ "West Corner of Kosovo tense after village battle". reliefweb. 12 July 1998. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
^ "Beteja e Loxhës – Defensiva e parë e ushtrisë serbe". mekulipress. 17 August 1998. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Refugees In Kosovo Are in Peril". The New York Times. 17 August 1998. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
^ ^a ^b "West Corner of Kosovo tense after village battle - Serbia". ReliefWeb. 12 July 1998. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
^ "Serbian artillery pounds ethnic Albanian villages in Kosovo - Albania". ReliefWeb. 10 August 1998. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Serbia: Kosovo fighting dies out after rebel loss | ReliefWeb". Reliefweb.int. 1998-08-17. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
^ "Kosovo PM: Solve Post-War Political Murders". Balkan Insight. 7 July 2015.
^ Human Rights Watch (Organization) (2001). Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo. Human Rights Watch. pp. 542–. ISBN 978-1-56432-264-7.

[1] McAllester, Matthew (November 2003). Beyond the Mountains of the Damned: The War Inside Kosovo. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-5661-4.

[2] Keshtu foli Tahir Zemaj Fq.54

[3] "West Corner of Kosovo tense after village battle". reliefweb. 12 July 1998. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

[4] "Beteja e Loxhës – Defensiva e parë e ushtrisë serbe". mekulipress. 17 August 1998. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

[NYT-5] "Refugees In Kosovo Are in Peril". The New York Times. 17 August 1998. Retrieved 28 November 2012.

[:0-6] "West Corner of Kosovo tense after village battle - Serbia". ReliefWeb. 12 July 1998. Retrieved 2022-04-28.

[7] "Serbian artillery pounds ethnic Albanian villages in Kosovo - Albania". ReliefWeb. 10 August 1998. Retrieved 2022-04-28.

[Relief_Web-8] "Serbia: Kosovo fighting dies out after rebel loss | ReliefWeb". Reliefweb.int. 1998-08-17. Retrieved 2012-01-21.

[9] "Kosovo PM: Solve Post-War Political Murders". Balkan Insight. 7 July 2015.

[10] Human Rights Watch (Organization) (2001). Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo. Human Rights Watch. pp. 542–. ISBN 978-1-56432-264-7.

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