Supreme Macedonian Committee chetas' action

[1] Its aim was to provoke a general uprising in the area and to draw the attention of the Great Powers to non-compliance of the Treaty of Berlin (1878), and the provided reforms in European Turkey.

The Supreme Macedonian Committee invited about 40 active and reserve officers from the Bulgarian army, as well as some old vojvodes from Macedonia.

[2] Among them were Boris Sarafov, Toma Davidov, Mihail Apostolov, Yordan Venedikov, etc.

After invading Macedonia, the separate detachments headed to Strumica, Melnik and Dospat, respectively, but generally did not achieve much success.

[4] The Ottoman government took advantage of the attack of the Pomaks populated Dospat and spread information about the atrocities in the European press.