Gabrovnik offensive

Battle for Gabrovnik
	Part of the Macedonian Struggle
Date	7 May 1907
Location	Gabrovnik, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Result	Serbian Chetniks victory
Belligerents
Albanian Arnauti;	Serbian Chetnik Organization
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Jovan Babunski
Units involved
Arnauti from Desovo	Chetniks from Gabrovnik
Strength
	c. 100 men
Casualties and losses
15 killed	None

The Gavrovnik offensive was an offensive carried out on St. George's Day (May 7) 1907. Knowing that St. George's Day was the Feast Day of the village in Gabrovnik and that all the villagers would be in church that morning, a group of over 100 armed Arnauts from the nearby village of Desovo set out with the intention of looting and burning the village, killing the people of Gabrovnik and taking young women and girls to Desovo and to Islam. It was supposed to be revenge for the murdered commander Arif-aga.^[1]

^ Ilić, Vladimir (2006). Српска четничка акција 1903–1912 (in Serbian). Belgrade: Ecolibri. pp. 119–120. ISBN 978-86-7905-044-1.

[Ilic,_119–120-1] Ilić, Vladimir (2006). Српска четничка акција 1903–1912 (in Serbian). Belgrade: Ecolibri. pp. 119–120. ISBN 978-86-7905-044-1.

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