 Hampartsoum Boyadjian, a Hunchakian, was among the first to be arrested in April 1915 at Red Sunday.After a trial in July, he was hanged on 24 August 1915, with 12 comrades.On May 6, 1915 Andranik was the commanding officer of the first Armenian volunteer detachment (about 1,200 soldiers), which helped lift the Siege of Van.