“Dukagjini Rafshi Group”, led by Bajram Curri and other insurgents, on May 31, 1917, surrounded the Ottoman forces in Peja. The war continued for a week. The Rugova, Plav and Gucia insurgents entered the streets of Peja, but the city was not liberated.
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