When an Albanian fought 50 Yugoslav police officers in 1926

When the Albanian Gani Dauti fought 50 Yugoslav police officers in 1926

Petrit Latifi

An 18-year-old Albanian kachak, Gani Dauti, managed to keep 50 Yugoslav police officers busy for five days and five nights in the almost inaccessible mountains on the Yugoslav-Albanian border. Dauti had established a fort in a hollow on the top of a rock, which rises 350 meters perpendicularly above a mountain stream, and from where he controlled the adjacent territory with his rifle.

A patrol surrounded the rock, but before the police could fire a shot, the kaçak had already laid down five officers. This was the beginning of a regular siege, during which the police had to keep themselves covered at all times. As soon as one of the officers showed his head above his hiding place, he paid for his mischief with his life, which was extinguished by a well-aimed shot from the kaçak.

So infallible was Dautis shot that the police did not even dare to bury their dead. For a hundred and ten hours the young man kept up the fight without even sleeping. He even managed to sneak out of his mountain fortress at night and rob the dead of their ammunition. On the fifth day the gendarmes succeeded in climbing the rock and throwing four hand grenades into Dautis fortress.

Three were thrown back by the young kaçak, but the fourth exploded and wounded him. He tumbled from the rock into the abyss and died instantly. The police discovered that the cave contained enough food and ammunition to defend it for several weeks.”

Reference

https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/1926-10-25/edition/0/page/2?query=Albaneesche&sort=relevance&page=4

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