Jelena Šaulić

Jelena Šaulić (1896 – 21 March 1921) was a Serbian teacher, participant in the Toplica Uprising, and a Komitadji during World War I.

[1] In February 1917, Bulgarian forces killed her mother and four days, later the Toplica Uprising started.

There, they joined the group of irregular military, led by Duke Boško Bojović.

Šaulić was feared not only by the occupying forces but also by the irregulars who had joined only to loot, whom she mercilessly punished.

She died in Pljevlja on 21 March 1921 at the age of 26 from the consequences of the wounds sustained in the exhausting battles she took part in.