Battle of Ulcinj took place between the Ottoman forces of Dervish Pasha and Albanian irregulars in the year of 1880 at the region of Kodra e Kuqe, close to Kllezna.

Eventually, the Great Powers commanded the Ottomans to take actions against the League of Prizren, ending the resistance and successfully handing over the town of Ulcinj to Montenegro.

Riza Pasha proceeded to declare a total isolation of the city of Shkodra, banning all merchandise in order to starve the Albanians of Ulcinj.

2000 Albanians, commanded by Muftar Aga Reci positioned themselves in Kraje, at the mountains of Mozhura, in order to make the transportation of Riza Pashas forces as difficult as possible.

Since the formation of the League of Prizren, there was a growing sense of nationhood during the “Rilindja” period in the 19th century where many Albanians sought to create a unified state – within the Ottoman Empire.

While the Porte officially did not oppose this decision, it asserted that the Albanians would offer a staunch resistance to this policy, as it would separate them from the Vilayet of Shkodra and isolate them in a land that was predominantly Slavic and orthodox Christian.

Fearful of the consequences imposed by the Great Powers, the Ottomans dispatched Riza Pasha with 3,000 soldiers to Shkodra to crush the League of Prizren.

Issuing warnings of severe consequences for anyone opposing him, Riza Pasha implemented a total siege, completely isolating Shkodra and the surrounding lands to choke the Albanians of Ulcinj into submission.

Positioned in Kraje, at the mountains of Mozhura, 2,000 Albanians, commanded by Muftar Aga Reci, aimed to hinder the transportation, and disrupt the supply lines and wagon trains of Riza Pasha's forces and temporarily lifted the siege.

The Great Powers, upon learning that Riza Pasha had failed to besiege Ulcinj, deployed a naval armada led by Lord Admiral Frederick Beauchamp Seymour: 1st Baron of Allsterr and consisting of English, French, German, Russian, Italian, and Austro-Hungarian forces along the coast of Dalmatia and Montenegro to ensure the successful transfer of Ulcinj to Montenegro.

800 citizens of Ulcinj, along with volunteers from Tuzi, Shkodra, Tetovo, Shkreli, Dibra, Kelmendi, Prizren, and Gjakova, the ultimatum yielded no results.

Petrović demanded the organization of elections for the City Assembly and court, with Voivode Simo Popović being selected as its first Mayor – thus beginning Ulcinj's new reality of being subjects to the Montenegrin crown.

Ulcinj, would briefly unite with the Albanian protectorate (under the Italian Crown) between 1941 and 1944 under the leadership of Cafo Beg Ulqini – and would be returned to the newly formed Communist Yugoslavia as World War 2 ended.