Kupandukira muHerzegovina iri pedyo (1875-1878) kwakakonzera kupandukira kwakatevedzana nokumukira mauto eOttoman muEurope. Montenegro neSerbia dzakabvumirana kuzivisa hondo kuTurkey musi wa18 June 1876. Muzukuru waNikola I akanga akurira vaOttoman kaviri paMedun. Kukunda kweMontenegro muDanilograd muZeta, uye kukundwa kweMedun, kwakapedzisa gore rekutanga reMontenegro-Ottoman War (1876-1878)
. Muna 1877/1878, Nicholas I weMontenegro akawana gungwa paAdriatic, uye musi wa13 Ndira 1878 Nicholas I naAhmed Muhtar Pasha vakasaina chibvumirano, vachipedza hondo.