After the battle the Germans killed between 60 and 80 civilians in a reprisal for the attack.[33] At the end of September rebels published a printed flyer with text criticizing Kosta Pećanac and signed it as the People's Liberation Movement of Chetniks and Partisans (Serbian: Народноослободилачка војска четника и партизана)[34] The post-war Yugoslav sources blamed Keserović for the failure of the attack on Kruševac.[35] These sources accuse Keserović of attacking the German garrison earlier than agreed and for halting the attack when Partisan forces joined the attack.[36]