The first resistance, which lasted three months from (August 30, 1914, to December 1, 1914),[1] was reported that Armenians defeated all the Ottoman troops.

They helped fight and resist the impending massacre of the local Armenian civilian population.

The date for the beginning of the conflicts is not known, but in a report from the Ambassador in Constantinople (Wangenheim) to the Reichskanzler (Bethmann Hollweg) it was claimed that the fighting was going "past few weeks".

[6] The authorities most likely presume that the Armenians from Zeitun have also been agitated by foreign subversive activities to put up armed resistance to the government.

It cannot be denied that the Armenian movement has taken on a worrying character over the past few weeks, which has given the government cause to introduce severe repressive measures This article on military history is a stub.