Conflict: | Battles for Plav and Gusinje |
Place: | Plav and Gusinje |
Combatant1: | League of Prizren |
Combatant2: | Principality of Montenegro |
Units1: | Albanian irregulars |
Units2: | Moračani battalion Bratonožići battalion Kuči battalion Vasojevići battalion |
Result: | Albanian victory |
Date: | 9 October 1879 – 8 January 1880 |
Commander1: | Ali Pasha of Gusinje Baca Kurti Jakup Ferri Haxhi Zeka Ahmet Zenel Gjonbalaj Cel Shabani Mic Sokoli Sali Jaha Çun Mula Haxhi Mulla Jaha Kadri Bajri (Commander of Rugova forces) Myrtez-aga Batusha (Commander of Reka forces) Haxhi Brahimi (Bajraktar of Gashi) Isuf Karna (Bajraktar of Krasniqi) Omer Bashulaj Husein-beg Rexhepagaj Husein Bekteshaj Matko Laliçaj Bilal-aga Shehu Arif Bashi Idriz Seferi |
Commander2: | Marko Miljanov Todor Miljanov Vuković Miljan Vukov Vešović priest Đoko |
Strength1: | 10,000–20,000 |
Strength2: | 10,000–20,000 |
Casualties1: | More than 649 irregulars killed |
Casualties2: | More than 2,000 soldiers killed |
The Battles for Plav and Gusinje were armed conflicts between the Principality of Montenegro and the League of Prizren (supported by the Ottoman Empire) that broke out following the decision of the Congress of Berlin (1878) that the territories of Plav and Gusinje (part of former Scutari Vilayet) be ceded to Montenegro. The conflicts took place in this territory between 9 October 1879 and 8 January 1880. The following battles were fought: