This, and as the war drew on bringing supply difficulties especially coal, plus a fear of mines, limited the Austro-Hungarian navy to shelling the Italian and Serbian coastlines.
Osim toga, kako je rat odmicao opskrba, posebno ugljena, bila je sve teža, a i dodatni strah od mina ograničio je austro-ugarsku ratnu mornaricu na bombardiranje talijanske morske i srpske riječne obale.