With the Cretan War (1645–69), a solid organization was needed, with an officer commanding over several harambaše.[3] At first this position was undetermined.[3] Priest Stjepan Sorić is mentioned as "governator delli Morlachi", Petar Smiljanić as "capo", Vuk Mandušić as "capo direttore", and Janko Mitrović as "capo principale de Morlachi", Jovan Dračevac as "governator" etc.[4][3] This "Uskok" or "Morlach" army had less than 1,500 fighters.[5]
Legacy
The rebel fighters are enumerated in Croatian and Serbian epic poetry, of which there is a cyclus.
Ускочку војску, у којој укупно није било ни 1.500 људи, предводили су, поред осталих, харамбаше Петар Смиља- нић, поп Стеван Суботић (Сорић) и калуђер Петроније Селаковић.