The Serbian defeat at Chatal and Boukouloja against Turkish forces and Serbian atrocities in Manjakë of Mitrovica in 1876

The Serbian defeat at Chatal and Boukouloja against Turkish forces and Serbian atrocities in Manjakë of Mitrovica in 1876

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“Not far from the Deligrad Bridge, where the Serbian headquarters had been located since then, as well as the large village of Djunis situated above Kaonik on the road leading from the Deligrad Bridge to Krushevas (Krusevac), were captured, and several entrenchments located on three sides of the mountain were destroyed.

The Serbs, whose forces were divided into three columns, had to abandon their positions and flee. After setting fire to the dwellings of Muslims and Christians in the village of Manjakë (Manik, Mitrovica) Serbian troops, in considerable strength and with some rifles, advanced to within a distance of 2.5 hours in the vicinity of Chatal (Čatal). After four hours of fierce fighting, the Serbs were completely defeated and forced to retreat and abandon their positions and flee.

The Serbs who had been cut down at Boukouloja were likewise driven from the entrenchments behind which they had sought refuge. The commander of the Novi Bazar division also captured the entrenchments erected by the Serbs on the rear side of the mountains; after brief resistance, the Serbs were forced to abandon their advanced positions, which were then occupied by the Turkish troops.”

Source

Süddeutsche Post unabhängiges demokratisches Organ und allgemeine deutsche Arbeiterzeitung. 1876.

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