The term Streifkorps, also Steifkorps or Streifenkorps or Štrafuni (Serbian: Штрафуни)[1] was later used to denote special counterinsurgency units in Austria-Hungarian controlled Bosnia and Herzegovina, composed of Muslims.

Von Colomb and 14 others escaped, being awarded the Iron Cross, and given the command of a new Streifkorps in November, which consisted of infantry and cavalry.

As part of Von Bülow's Prussian III Corps, he operated behind enemy lines in Flanders and Holland.

Other famous Streifkorps were the Duke of Brunswick's "Black Horde" and the "Lützow Free Corps", which comprised infantry, cavalry and artillery, and was several thousand men strong.

After being defeated by French troops and having to flee Germany, they escaped with the help of the Royal Navy and were from then on paid and equipped by Britain.

The Streifkorps were first established during the Herzegovina Uprising of 1882 to fight against guerrilla rebels using search and destroy tactics.

[18] It was reestablished in October 1908, in context of demonstrations in Serbia and in Montenegro against Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.