Fight in Velika Hoča (May 25, 1905)

Fight in Velika Hoča
Part of Serbian Chetnik Organization
DateMay 25, 1905
LocationVelika Hoča, Ottoman Empire (modern Kosovo)
Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Serbian Chetnik Organization Ottoman Empire Ottoman irregulars from Orahovac (Turks)
Commanders and leaders
Lazar Kujundžić  †
Savatije Milošević  †
Živojin Milovanović  †
Casualties and losses
All Chetniks were killed

On May 25, 1905, there was a fight in Velika Hoča (Serbian: борба у Великој Хочи)[1][2] between the Serbian Chetnik Organization, a Serbian rebel faction, and Ottoman irregulars from Orahovac.

Prelude

The Fight on Čelopek (April 16, 1905), fought between 120 Serbian guerillas and Ottoman officers accompanied by Ottoman Albanian bashi-bozuks, ended in a great victory after the guerillas managed to overtake three peaks; the Ottomans had over 200 dead and wounded, while the guerillas only had 2 dead.[3][4] The victory enraged the Ottomans,[5] who began manhunting the rebels. The rebels were forced to retreat across the border,[6] and the bands were dispersed.

Fighting

On the Feast of the Ascension, Lazar Kujundžić's band appeared in Velika Hoča.[7] They were received by Arnaut Lanja Ukin who had given them his word (besa) that nothing would happen to them in his house, however, he immediately alarmed the Turks in Orahovac who surrounded them.[7] They set the house on fire.[7] The Chetniks shot back and sung Chetnik songs.[7] The Turks brought Lazar's mother to recognize him for them, but she did not, in order to save her village and family.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Vladimir Cvetanović (1994). Antologija kosovskometohijskih pripovedača, 1871-1941. Srpska književna zadruga. БОРБА У ВЕЛИКОЈ ХОЧИ - Беса?... - понови питање четник учитељЛазар Ку- јунџић. - Беса! - прихвати Арнаутин Љама Укин. Он поз- наде ове необичне људе по руху и оружју да су четници српски, познаде их по чувењу, иако их ...
  2. ↑ Književnost i jezik 47. 2000. p. 86. ... стегнута срца „не препознаје" мртвога сина: „Не, неје то мој Лазар" („Борба у Великој Хочи"). О теми турчен>а Српкин>а пише и Григорије БожовиЬ у приповеци „Као јерарх" (мудрошЬу црквен>ака у ово] приповеци јунакин>а се ...
  3. ↑ Ilić 2006, p. 55; Ilić, Vladimir (March 6, 2003). "Borba na Čelopeku". Glas Javnosti.
  4. ↑ Krakov 1930, pp. 216-222
  5. ↑ Драгиша Васић; Гојко Тешић; Александар Јерков; Вук Крњевић (1990). Dva meseca u jugoslovenskom Sibiru: Utisci iz Rusije ; Putopisi, eseji, kritike, članci. Просвета. То jе било после победе на Челопеку због коje Турци беху побеснели.
  6. ↑ Alekan Jovanović (1937). Spomenica dvadesetpetogodishnjice oslobodjenja Južne Srbije. Потерна одељења турске војске открила су их у Никуљану. После одржане славне борбе на Челопеку, у којој су Турци имали преко две стотине које мртвих које рањених, они су св морали вратити преко границе. Њихов ...
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Simo Živković (December 1998). "Sakupi se jedna četa mala". Srpsko-nasledje.rs. Retrieved 2011-08-12.

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