Koporan Čauš

Trajko Mitrović Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Трајко Митровић; fl. 1904–14), known by his nom de guerre Koporan Čauš (Копоран Чауш), was a Serbian Chetnik vojvoda (commander). He was born in Orlanci near Kičevo.[1] At first, he was a member of the IMRO, however, as many others, left that organization in the summer of 1904 and left for Serbia.[1] He received his nickname after killing a çavuş, and wearing his bloody koporan (cape) afterwards.[2] He participated in the victory at Čelopek (1905).[3] He was wounded in his right hand fingers.[4] He joined the Royal Serbian Army as a volunteer in the Balkan Wars and World War I.[5]

See also

• List of Chetnik voivodes

References

1. Recueil de Vardar. Akademija. 2003. p. 298.
2. Đurić & Mijović 1993, p. 77.
3. Savić 1912, p. 127. sfn error: no target: CITEREFSavić1912 (help)
4. Savić 1912, p. 136. sfn error: no target: CITEREFSavić1912 (help)
5. Jeremija D. Mitrović (1971). Dobrovoljci u ratovima 1912-1918: Doživljaju i sećanja. Udruženje dobrovoljaca 1912-1918. p. 45.

Sources

Books

• Blažarić, Pavle (2006). Božica Mladenović (ed.). Memoari (in Serbian). Institut za srpsku kulturu.
• Đurić, Veljko Đ.; Mijović, Miličko (1993). Ilustrovana istorija četničkog pokreta (in Serbian). Narodna knj.
• Radenić, Andrija; Samardžić, Radovan. Dokumenti o spoljnoj politici Kraljevine Srbije 1903-1914: dodatak 2. Organizacija Srpska odbrana 1906. godine. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. Odeljenje istorijskih nauka.
• Trbić, Vasilije (1996). Aleksandar Drašković (ed.). Memoari (1898–1912) (in Serbian). Belgrade: Kultura.

Journals

• Krvave borbe srpskih četa po macedoniji i njihov rad od početka 1903 do danas. Iz Književnog pregleda, br. 1-20. Savić. 1912.