The “Battle of Ohrid” took place, a successful battle of the Albanian army carried out in the tactic of “awakening and hitting the opponent in a prepared trap”. The battle took place against the Ottoman troops Sheremet Bey commanded near Lake Ohrid. Scanderbeg, after organizing an ambush near the place where the Ottoman forces were standing, sent a part of his forces, headed by Pejk Emanuel and Pjetër Engjëlli, to lure the enemy into the ambush. Having achieved their goal, his forces attacked and routed the Ottoman army from all sides. The victory was of great importance, because it was part of the general action that would be taken against the Ottoman invaders and the countries of the West. (In the picture: Illustrative picture for the Battle of Ohrid.)
Text: Albanian encyclopedic dictionary – Vol. 1, Academy of Sciences of Albania, “Kristalina-KH”, Tirana, 2008, page 230.
Photo: © Marin Barleti: History of the life and deeds of Skanderbeg, Prince of the Epirotes , Augsburg 1533, page 227.
Graphic processing: AHCF
