A powerful example of this comes from the Albanian Revolt of 1912. Albanian rebels, including many poor and barefoot fighters from northern regions, captured the city of Skopje (Üsküp) from Ottoman control in August 1912. As highlighted in a 1914 article in the Serbian socialist newspaper Radničke novine:

“The best proof that the Arnauts are not robbers is the Arnaut rebellion and their capture of Skopje, when no one was missing not only a head or a lock of hair from their head, but not a single bun from their ćepenka. There were poor people in that rebellion, even barefoot Arnauts, but none of them robbed anyone of anything or took anything by ‘requisition’.”

This account emphasized the rebels’ discipline. Despite hardship and opportunity in a captured city, there was no widespread looting or civilian harm reported in this instance. Leaders like Isa Boletini and Idriz Seferi coordinated the effort as part of a broader push for rights and autonomy against Young Turk centralization. This stands in contrast to documented looting and violence by various Serbian, Montenegrin, Bulgarian and Greek armies during the Balkan Wars who pillaged, raped and killed as a rule.

Reference

Srbija i Albanci: Pregled politike Srbije prema Albancima od 1878. do 1914. godine 1989.