Draft:Chetnik Operations in Eastern Kosovo (1907)

The Chetnik Operations in Eastern Kosovo (1907) Were Conflicts Between the Serbian Chetnik Organization operating in East Kosovo, And Albanian irregulars Led by Idriz Seferi

Chetnik Operations in Eastern Kosovo
Part of the Macedonian Struggle
Date July 1907 Location Pasjane and Gjylekar, North Macedonia Result Albanian victory
Belligerents
Serbian Chetnik Organization	Albanian Cheta
Commanders and leaders
Rade Radivojević † Dragoljub Nikolić †	Idriz Seferi
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
All Killed	Unknown

Background

Nikolić in Albanian Dress

At this time, the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) decided on a major offensive against the Serbian CHetniks on the right side of the Vardar. An IMRO unit numbered 130 under the command of several Bulgarian officers set off to Poreče and Azot to destroy Serbian bands and villages. The local Serbian bands were weakened and diminished by the constant warfare, thus, in March 1907 when the Ottoman troops proved strong in the Kumanovo region, Radivojević and his band were sent across Kosovo as aid. They were all wearing Albanian clothes in order to try and hide from Albanian irregulars, with the plan to reach Poreče disguised as Albanian kachaks. despite their efforts they were discovered near the village of Pasjane in the Gnjilane region on 14 July 1907, in the local church.

Battle

Cheta of Vojvoda Rade Radivojević

Rade Radivojević and Dragoljub Nikolić, Both high-ranking Chetniks, after being discovered and Reported to Albanian Leader Idriz Seferi, were then defeated and killed in battle alongside their entire Četa by Seferi and his band of Albanian fighters in Pasjane and Gjylekar.

References

Category:Events during the Macedonian Struggle Category:Battles involving Albania