Battle of Mashkullorë

Battle of Mashkullorë
Part of the Albanian Revolt

Çerçiz Topulli with his Albanian rebels
DateMarch 5 or 18, 1908
Location
Mashkullorë, Albania
Result Albanian victory[1]
Belligerents
Albanian rebels Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Çerçiz Topulli (WIA) Halil Musa Bey Executed
Strength
5 Albanian rebels[2] 150–200[3][4][5]
Casualties and losses
2 wounded, one of them Çerçiz Topulli 40 killed[6]

The Battle of Mashkullorë (Albanian: Beteja e Mashkullorës) was fought on either 5 or 18 March, 1908. It took place between Albanian rebel forces, under the command of Çerçiz Topulli, and the Ottoman Empire.[7][8][9][10][11]

Background

On February 25, 1908, Çerçiz Topulli and his Albanian rebel group assassinated the Ottoman binbashi of Gjirokastër.[4] After the assassination of the Ottoman binbashi, Çerçiz Topulli and his Albanian rebels fled to Mashkullorë, a village near Gjirokastër.

Armed resistance in Mashkullorë

See also: Çerçiz Topulli armed resistance

On March 5 or 18, the Albanian rebels were surrounded by Ottoman forces.[12][13] The Ottoman forces had between 150 and over 200 soldiers[14] and the Albanian rebels were outnumbered, nevertheless, Çerçiz Topulli was able to fight the soldiers, and emerge victorious.[12][15]

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 The Albanian rebels did not lose any soldiers.

But Çerçiz Topulli and Myftar Axhemi were wounded.

References

  1. ^ Tönnes 1980, p. 276.
  2. ^ Elsie, Robert. "1907 Mihal Grameno: The Albanian Uprising". albanianhistory.net.
  3. ^ (Tirana, Albania), Instituti i Shkencave (1956). Buletin për shkencat shoqërore (in Albanian). Tirana, Albania: Botim i Institutit të Shkencave.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Elsie, Robert. "1907 Mihal Grameno: The Albanian Uprising". albanianhistory.net.
  6. ^ Hajro, Shemsi (1962). Në gjirin e lëvizjes patriotike (in Albanian). Albania: N. Frashëri. p. 153.
  7. ^ Historia e popullit shqiptar (in Albanian). University of California: Enti i botimeve shkollare i Republikës Socialiste të Serbisë. 1968.
  8. ^ Skendi, Stavro (2015). Albanian National Awakening. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-4776-1. OCLC 927972580.
  9. ^ Central Intelligence Agency, United States (1962). Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts. Ohio State University: Ohio State University. pp. 54–55.
  10. ^ Language School (U.S.), Army (1955). 12-month Course in Albanian. University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign: Albanian Language Department, Army Language School.
  11. ^ "Lufta e Mashkullorës, beteja e Çerçiz Topullit kundër forcave osmane". www.syri.net. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ Kacori, Thoma (1979). A handbook of Albanian (in English and Albanian). University of Michigan: Sofia University "Kliment Ohridski", Faculty of Slavonic Studies. p. 292.
  14. ^ Elsie, Robert (2010). Historical dictionary of Albania. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7380-3. OCLC 659564122.
  15. ^ Bibliotheca Historica Romaniae (in English, French, and Romanian). University of Michigan: Publishing House of the Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania. 1979.
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