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Vučji Do, Grahovac, from the time of the
Montenegrin-Ottoman war and the Herzegovian
uprising, the Balkan wars, beginning
of World War I… However, his face and the
face of Montenegro of that time was saved
in Mojkovac, on Christmas day of 1915, by
sirdar Janko Vukotić, chief of staff of the
Montenegrin army Supreme Command,
commander of the Herzegovian unit and
Sandžak army, together with Mitar and
Milo Martinović and other commanders.
Following the telegram sent by the Serbian
army commander, regent Aleksandar: “If
you manage to keep off the enemy for 24
hours, you will pay your debt to Serbdom”,
sirdar Janko, during the burning of the
Christmas oak branch, promised that, with
the help of Almighty God, “our brave muscles
will save Montenegro and the entire
Serbdom”. The later words of the same regent
testify that it did happen: “The example
of immortal heroes, who sacrificed themselves
in the Battle of Mojkovac in 1915, for
the glory of Montenegro and the honor of
our army, will glow eternally.” Thus the later
famous saying: “If it weren’t for Christmas
in Mojkovac, there wouldn’t have been Easter
in Kajmakčalan.”
And not only that: these two orientations
– the power craving and dynastic of
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