Cited:
“Report by Count Lilienberg from Zadar, April 16, 1836: Leader of the Albanian insurgents joins forces with Montenegrins against Turkish troops.
The District Chief of Cattaro confirms (under date of the 8th inst.) that the notorious rebel from Scutari, Amzaga—who had fled to the Hotti mountains and gathered a group of malcontents there after the uprising in Turkish Albania was suppressed by the Vizier of Rumelia—attacked the Sultan-loyal villages of Rurilo and Plavnizza on the Zeta River on the 22nd of last month, intending to seize the forts of Spuz, Podgorica, and Žabljak.
Montenegrins [Albanians? – authors note] from the Rijeka, Crmnica, Lješanska, and Brčka nahijas (districts) joined them; however, the energetic Osman Pasha of Scutari dispatched not only a sufficient number of infantry but also two armed vessels on the lake to support the forts, resulting in a battle that lasted through the 23rd and 24th. More than thirty bodies were left on the field on both sides, and the number of wounded is said to have been twice as high.
The rebels were defeated and fled into the mountains. Seven inhabitants of Hotti were captured on this occasion and brought before the Vizier of Scutari; they expected nothing less than death but received only a stern admonition and their freedom—and, as they were presented to him in a state of utter destitution, they even received financial aid through the Vizier’s magnanimity.
The Montenegrins continue to behave in a hostile manner toward the Turks, even though—according to all consistent reports reaching them (reports rendered even more credible by the dispatch received just today)—a formal invasion by the Turks is expected this summer. Should this threat materialize, our Albania… have to expect a great deal of trouble from the fugitive Montenegrins.
Although the skirmish—taking place several hours’ distance from our border—aroused nothing more than the attention of the sanitary cordons and the border Pandur outposts, without setting any regular troops in motion, I nevertheless felt it my duty to report the matter to Your Excellency; and I have the honor to remain, with the utmost respect and profound esteem, Your Excellency’s most obedient servant, Lilienberg. Zara, 16 April 1836.”
Source
Гласник Земаљског музеја у Босни и Херцеговини. Volum 22. 1911. Zemaljski muzej u Bosni i Hercegovini, Земаљски музеј у Босни и Херцеговини. Zemaljska štamparija.
