 The Serbian armies reached Priština and Kosovo ahead of their pursuers.The Serbians had also taken a large number of Austro-Hungarian prisoners with them, and there was also a great many civilian refugees.The Serbians had two courses open to them, namely fight or retreat, buoyed by the recent successful counterattack against the Bulgarians at Leskovac, making a final stand on the Field of Blackbirds resonated also with Serbians from a historical and national standpoint but a retreat to Prizren and from there across the mountains to the Adriatic coast where the army could rest and refit was the chosen course of action.