06.06.2020.
The 205th anniversary of the Battle of Ljubić and the death anniversary of Tanasko Rajić marked
By laying a wreath at the monument to Tanasko Rajić on the Ljubić Hill near Čačak, the delegation of the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces participated today in the state ceremony marking the 205th anniversary of the Battle of Ljubić and the death anniversary of Tanasko Rajić.
Representatives of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, the Moravica Administrative District, the City of Čačak, numerous associations for nurturing the traditions of the liberation wars and citizens also laid wreaths to honour the heroes who died in the Battle of Ljubić.
The organizer of the national commemoration is the Committee for Nurturing the Traditions of the Liberation Wars of Serbia.The battle of Ljubić took place on 6 June 1815 and it was the most significant battle in the Second Serbian Uprising. On that occasion, Tanasko Rajić, the Commander of the Serbian Artillery, was killed while guarding the cannons. Fortified Serbian trenches were on the Ljubić Hill. The Turks surrounded Rajić's position and managed to overpower him. However, the Turkish commander, Imshir Pasha, was also killed in the battle, and the Serbs managed to win the battle of Ljubić.
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