| Battle of Kruševo | |||||
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| Part of Ilinden uprising | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
| IMRO insurgents | Ottoman forces | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Nikola Karev, Pitu Guli | |||||
| Strength | |||||
| 340 IMRO rebels | unknown | ||||
| IMRO victory | |||||
The Battle of Mečkin Kamen occurred in the forests of Mečkin Kamen ("Bear Stone"), a few kilometres from the town of Kruševo in present-day Macedonia, on 1-2 August 1903. It was part of the Ilinden-Preobraženie uprising led by the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organisation (IMARO or VMARO) against the Ottoman empire. The leading revolutionary commanders were Nikola Karev and Pitu Guli.
On 1 August 1903, IMRO had ordered its army generals and commanders to attack the Turkish headquarters. The attack began after midnight on the 1st of August/early hours of 2 August, 1903. The fighting continued into the forests of Mečkin Kamen and lasted until 3 August. 2 August was named Ilinden (St Elijah's day).