Fight in the S Drenak, Kumanovo

The fight in S Drenak, Kumanovo. (10. ⅻ 1943) – Struggle between the first Kumanovski but Battalion “Jordan Nikolov-Orce”, Vardar Chetnant Corps and Bulgarian police. The established battalion in the village, under the command of Hristijan Torodovski-Karpos, held 152 fighters, 16 without weapons, from which military term had only 64 fighters. Their weapons consisted of 3 pushmomatelles, 2 machongecks, 1 machine rifle, 47 rifles “Mauser”, 72 different rifles (Bergeans, French, Italian, etc.), 47 offensive and defensive bombs and a scarce number of ammunition (after 350 patrons for the padmomatles , 20-30 for machine guns and 5-10 patrons for the rest). The Chetnik forces committed a circular attack with the 500-600 Chetniks of Zegeligova, the Presevo, the Krivopalan Brigade and the Ristoval Brigade with 20 Pushmomitales (“Barets” and “Brno-Stuber”), about 20 automatics and other formational weapons, with enough quantity of ammunition. About 40 Bulgarian police officers, performing from the village. Rankovce, attacked the Chethouse Krivaalane Brigade. It was a turning struggle, after which the Chetnik forces began to lose political influence in the kozhea. The fighting lasted from 10 to 16.30 and from 19:00 to 21:00, after which all the warring parties retreated. The battalion had 7 dead and 6 wounded fighters, Chetniks 20 dead and 30 wounded, and the Bulgarian police – without losses. Donony of the Macedonians “and a small-fighters from the battalion” Jordan Nikolov-Orrez “.: Darm, f. NOB, K. 18, Arch. no. 520 and k. 28, Arch. no. 1251; Kumanovo and Kumanovo in New 1941-1945. Documents. Source and newsroom Vasil Jotevski, Dr. Simo Mladenovski, Gjorgji Chakaryanevski and Todor Cepreganov, Kumanovo, 1988, 271, 272-280, 283, 284, 311, 335-336, 346, 409, 543, 663. Lit.: Jordan Cekov-Dane, Kumanovo in New 1941-1945. (Attachments for the history of Kumanovo and Kumanovo in New 1941- 1945), Kumanovo, 1989, 195-205. S. Ml. The struggle for the Michosia


Original article in Macedonian language Cyrillic alphabet
Кириличен напис БОРБАТА ВО с ДРЕНАК, КУМАНОВСКО

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