Battle of Mashkullorë
Battle of Mashkullorë | |||||||
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Part of the Albanian Revolt | |||||||
Çerçiz Topulli with his Albanian rebels | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Albanian rebels | Ottoman Gendarmerie | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Çerçiz Topulli (WIA) Mihal Grameno Myftar Axhemi (WIA) | Binbashi Halil Musa Bey[2] | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
5 Albanian rebels[3] | 200[4][5] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2 wounded, one of them Çerçiz Topulli | 40 killed[6] |
The Battle of Mashkullorë (March 18, 1908) (Albanian: Beteja e Mashkullorës) took place between Albanian rebel forces under the command of Çerçiz Topulli and the Ottomans.[7][8][9][10][2]
Background
[edit]On February 25, 1908, Çerçiz Topulli and his Albanian rebel group assassinated the Ottoman binbashi of Gjirokastër.[5] After the assassination of the Ottoman binbashi, Çerçiz Topulli and his Albanian rebels fled to Mashkullorë, a village near Gjirokastër.
Armed resistance in Mashkullorë
[edit]On March 18, the Albanian rebels were surrounded by Ottoman forces.[11][12] The Ottoman forces had over 200 soldiers[13] and the Albanian rebels were outnumbered, nevertheless, Çerçiz Topulli was able to fight the soldiers, and emerge victorious.[11][14] The Albanian rebel group of the detachment resisted attacks of the Turkish forces for an entire day and were able to break the siege. The Turkish forces lost 40 soldiers [15] The Albanian rebels did not lose any soldiers, but Çerçiz Topulli and Myftar Axhemi were wounded.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Tönnes 1980, p. 276.
- ^ a b "Lufta e Mashkullorës, beteja e Çerçiz Topullit kundër forcave osmane". www.syri.net. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ Elsie, Robert. "1907 Mihal Grameno: The Albanian Uprising". albanianhistory.net.
- ^ (Tirana, Albania), Instituti i Shkencave (1956). Buletin për shkencat shoqërore (in Albanian). Tirana, Albania: Botim i Institutit të Shkencave.
- ^ a b Ardian Ahmedaja (2008). Gerlinde Haid (ed.). European voices. I, Multipart singing in the Balkans and the Mediterranean. Wien: Böhlau. ISBN 978-3-205-78090-8. OCLC 300318847.
- ^ Hajro, Shemsi (1962). Në gjirin e lëvizjes patriotike (in Albanian). Albania: N. Frashëri. p. 153.
- ^ Historia e popullit shqiptar (in Albanian). University of California: Enti i botimeve shkollare i Republikës Socialiste të Serbisë. 1968.
- ^ Skendi, Stavro (2015). Albanian National Awakening. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-4776-1. OCLC 927972580.
- ^ Central Intelligence Agency, United States (1962). Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts. Ohio State University: Ohio State University. pp. 54–55.
- ^ Language School (U.S.), Army (1955). 12-month Course in Albanian. University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign: Albanian Language Department, Army Language School.
- ^ a b Tönnes, Bernhard (1980). Sonderfall Albanien : Enver Hoxhas "eigener Weg" u.d. historischen Ursprünge seiner Ideologie. München: Oldenbourg. ISBN 3-486-50321-9. OCLC 7112518.
- ^ Kacori, Thoma (1979). A handbook of Albanian (in English and Albanian). University of Michigan: Sofia University "Kliment Ohridski", Faculty of Slavonic Studies. p. 292.
- ^ Elsie, Robert (2010). Historical dictionary of Albania. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7380-3. OCLC 659564122.
- ^ Bibliotheca Historica Romaniae (in English, French, and Romanian). University of Michigan: Publishing House of the Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania. 1979.
- ^ Frashëri, Kristo (1964). The History of Albania. University of Virginia: na. p. 343.