Fierce battle fought by Stoil Voyvoda

Near Neykovo in the Kotel region, Stoil Voyvoda's band fought a fierce battle against Turkish troops. Stoil was wounded. Those who escaped split into small groups; Stoil and Ilarion Dragostinov were in one of them. Dragostinov, the organiser of the Second Revolutionary District, was killed on the way to the Demir Kapia pass.