Английская Википедия:Battle of Velika Hoča

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The Battle of Velika Hoča (Шаблон:Lang-sr) between the Serbian Chetnik Organization, a Serbian rebel faction, and Ottoman irregulars from Orahovac, Kosovo, took place on 25 May 1905.

Prelude

The Battle of Čelopek (16 April 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 guerrillas only had 2 dead. The victory enraged the Ottomans, who began manhunting the rebels. The rebels were forced to retreat across the border, and the bands were subsequently dispersed.Шаблон:Sfn The bands intended to cross Ibarski Kolašin, Prizrenska Gora, Šar Mountains and Suva Planina to their respective areas.Шаблон:Sfn The journey of Lazar Kujundžić's band proved catastrophic.Шаблон:Sfn

Battle

A group of seven fighters, led by vojvoda Lazar Kujundžić, vojvoda Savatije Milošević and sub-lieutenant Živojin Milovanović,Шаблон:Cref2 arrived at night-time Шаблон:OldStyleDateNY at the village of Velika Hoča near Prizren.Шаблон:Sfn This group returned to the field having crossed Kuršumlija, Podujevo, Ibarski Kolašin and Podrima.Шаблон:Sfn The group's leader, teacher Kujundžić, excellently knew the customs and language of the Albanians.Шаблон:Sfn Velika Hoča was a Serbian village with only two Albanian tower houses (kule).Шаблон:Sfn In order to prevent revenge of the Albanians on the Velika Hoča Serbs, Kujundžić chose to pay tribute to one of the Albanian houses, whose hostШаблон:Cref2 gave him his word (besa).Шаблон:Sfn

As the Chetniks had supper and fell asleep, the Albanian notified the Albanians of nearby Orahovac.Шаблон:Sfn A mob of 1,500 Albanians, and some Ottoman soldiers, surrounded the house.Шаблон:Sfn The Ottoman yuzbashi (captain) called for the Chetniks to give themselves up, to which the Chetniks answered with a bullet hail, killing the captain and four askeri.Шаблон:Sfn The fusillade continued over the day, until dusk, when a group of Albanians broke into the lower floor, which, as in all kule, was the stable for cattle.Шаблон:Sfn They shot through the ceiling, managing to kill five of the Chetniks, then set the house on fire.Шаблон:Sfn The remaining two jumped out of the house shooting, but were instantly killed.Шаблон:Sfn According to documents of the Consulate in Pristina, more than 40 Albanians and Ottoman soldiers died during the fight.Шаблон:Sfn

• Lazar Kujundžić

  Lazar Kujundžić

• Živojin Milovanović

  Živojin Milovanović

Aftermath and legacy

The Ottomans brought Jadranka, the mother of Kujundžić, to recognize his body.Шаблон:Sfn She replied that her son was a daskal (teacher), and no kaçak (outlaw), and that the body was somebody else.Шаблон:Sfn Inspired by this event, count Ivo Vojnović wrote a drama in verse, Lazarevo Vaskrsenje ("Lazar's Resurrection").Шаблон:Sfn Serbian major and Chetnik vojvoda Božin Simić cited that Kujundžić's mother's words were: "No, that is not my son. I was unlucky to have not given birth to such a hero." (Ne to nije moj sin. Ja nisam imala sreću da rodim takvog junaka).Шаблон:Sfn Serbian major Milosav Jelić, a journalist and Chetnik, published the poem Kujundžića majka ("Kujundžić's Mother") in the collection of Srbijanski venac.Шаблон:Sfn

Serbian history books about the Serbian Chetnik Organization call the group heroes.

See also

• Battle of Tabanovce (1905)
• Battle of Čelopek (1905)
• Battle of Čelopek (1906)

Sources

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