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- ↑ Pavle Jakšić; Nad uspomenama I, p. 8; Rad, 1990,{It consisted of about 40,500 Croats from Dalmatia, Littoral and Istria (about 40% of the total composition of the Army), about 31,500 Serbs from Dalmatia, Herzegovina, Lika, Kordun and Banija (35% of the total composition) and 18,000 Slovenes (20% of the composition).} {https://books.google.hr/books?id=DflmAAAAMAAJ&q=PAVLE+JAK%C5%A0I%C4%86+NAD+USPOMENAMA&dq=PAVLE+JAK%C5%A0I%C4%86+NAD+USPOMENAMA&hl=hr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibtYCaxN3pAhVDiYsKHQo0C80Q6AEIJjAA}
