Editing Christmas Uprising (section)

===Fighting around Nikšić===
The town of Nikšić was surrounded on {{OldStyleDate |3 January 1919||21 December 1918}} but no fighting broke out until the afternoon of 5 January. The siege was led from one side by [[Major (rank)|Major]] Šćepan Mijušković, a veteran of several previous wars. During the morning, the rebels delivered an ultimatum to the town's defenders to send their commanders to the new brewery by the Bistrica river. Shots were fired first from Trebjesa hill, and after from Čađelica, Glavica and from around the brewery.{{sfn|Kordić|1986|pp=51-54}}

The town's youth organized a council where Dr Niko Martinović was elected president, and Marko Kavaja, later screenwriter, secretary. Some veterans also joined, however the troops in the town under the command of Captain Stojić lost contact with Cetinje and stood down. Stojić armed the youth with one machine gun. Kavaja went to negotiate with the rebels in [[Pandurica]], in the company of a [[Prisoner of war|POW]], the brother of Radojica Nikčević, one of the rebel leaders. He claims that the rebels were not opposed to the unification, but were fighting for their "honorable ''[[Voivode|vojvodas]]'' and ''[[Serdar (Ottoman rank)|serdars]]''". The negotiations failed to stop the fighting.{{sfn|Kordić|1986|pp=51-54}}

At sunset, the siege was relieved by Bjelopavlići forces. After hearing that more reinforcements from [[Grahovo, Nikšić|Grahovo]] were coming to the aid of the defenders, many rebels deserted. The [[Drobnjaci]] arrived late to the defense, being sidetracked by bad weather. After the fighting had ended, several rebel leaders were captured including Đuro and Marko Petrović, and former [[Ministry of Defence (Montenegro)|Defense Minister]] Marko Đukanović. Misja Nikolić and Brigadier General Đuro Jovović escaped, having gone into hiding and crossed into [[Italy]], respectively.{{sfn|Kordić|1986|pp=51-54}}