[4] Živko Dabić joined the revolutionaries as an ordinary soldier, fighting side-by-side with his compatriots from Valjevo.
[6] The uprising continued to spread over Kolubara, with voivodes Jakov Nenadović and Živko Dabić reaching Šabac from Valjevo.
In a short time, Živko Dabić and his senior voivodes Jakov Nenadović and Luka Lazarević became among the leading fighters in the Šabac Nahiya.
From 1805, when the rebels fought for liberation, against the Ottoman Empire, Dabić, Nenadović, and Lazarević garnered several important victories with their bravery and strategic tactics.
[7] Arriving at Lešnica on 17 January 1806, Živko Dabić under the command of Luka Lazarević defeated the Turks at Ranitovac after a day of fighting, with much of the enemy troops drowning in the Jadar river.