 The Austro @-@ Hungarians suffered about 225 @,@ 000 casualties , including 30 @,@ 000 killed , 173 @,@ 000 wounded and 70 @,@ 000 taken prisoner . They reported that 200 of their officers were taken prisoner during the battle and more than 130 cannon , 70 heavy machine @-@ guns and a large quantity of matériel were captured . The Serbs also suffered heavy casualties , with 22 @,@ 000 killed , 91 @,@ 000 wounded and 19 @,@ 000 missing or captured . The Western press was appalled with the scale of atrocities committed by the Austro @-@ Hungarian troops against Serbian civilians , including women and children . William Shepard , of the United Press , confirmed as an eyewitness that at least eighteen towns were fully abandoned , and the whole of northwestern Serbia was nearly depopulated . 
