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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	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 and again later on 10-17 August 1998. between the Yugoslav Army against the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosova (FARK). The first battle was an operation launched to counterattack the Albanian rebels after two Yugoslav policemen patrolling the area had been killed. The first battle ended in an KLA victory, while the second operation ended in a Yugoslav victory. All of village's 284 houses and mosque were destroyed by Serbian Police with bulldozers.

References

1. McAllester, Matthew (November 2003). Beyond the Mountains of the Damned: The War Inside Kosovo. NYU Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-8147-5661-4.
2. "West Corner of Kosovo tense after village battle". reliefweb. 12 July 1998. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
3. "Beteja e Loxhës – Defensiva e parë e ushtrisë serbe". mekulipress. 17 August 1998. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
4. ^ "Refugees In Kosovo Are in Peril". The New York Times. 17 August 1998. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
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6. "Serbian artillery pounds ethnic Albanian villages in Kosovo - Albania". ReliefWeb. 10 August 1998. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
7. ^ "Serbia: Kosovo fighting dies out after rebel loss | ReliefWeb". Reliefweb.int. 1998-08-17. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
8. "Kosovo PM: Solve Post-War Political Murders". Balkan Insight. 7 July 2015.
9. Human Rights Watch (Organization) (2001). Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo. Human Rights Watch. pp. 542–. ISBN 978-1-56432-264-7.

• Military operations of the Kosovo War
• Battles involving FR Yugoslavia
• 1998 in Kosovo
• Conflicts in 1998
• Peja
• Kosovo Liberation Army
• July 1998 events in Europe
• August 1998 events in Europe