The Battle of Cossavo

The battle of cosavo is a proud moment of serbian history. Serbia resisted the mighty ottomans. The orthodox christian church venerated prince lazar for the brave defence of his lands against islamic oppression. It also claims that a serbian knight called milosh obilich crept into the tent of the ottoman sultan murad first and assassinated him in a heroic act which may have inspired a young bosnian serb to assassinate the austrian archduke franz ferdinand. Over 500 years later, on the day of the feast of saint vitus, who was a christian martyr, the date being significant, as is the translated date of