Battle of Batočina

Not to be confused with Battle of Batočina (1804).

Battle of Batočina

Date	29–30 August 1689
Location	Batočina, central Serbia
Result	Austrian victory

Belligerents

Holy Roman Empire

Ottoman Empire

Commanders and leaders

Arap Recep Pasha

Units involved

Serbian Militia

Strength

18,000

40,000

Casualties and losses

400

3,000

Great Turkish War

Vienna Párkány Esztergom Vác 1st Buda Érsekújvár Eperjes Kassa 2nd Buda Pécs Mohács Acropolis 1st Crimean Negroponte 1st Belgrade Batočina 2nd Crimean Niš Zernest Kačanik Mytilene 2nd Belgrade Slankamen 3rd Belgrade Oinousses Chios Zeytinburnu Azov campaigns Lugos Andros Ulaş Cenei Action of 6 July 1697 Zenta Podhajce Samothrace

The Battle of Batočina (Serbian: Битка код Баточине) was fought on 29–30 August 1689^[1] near the town of Batočina in the Sanjak of Smederevo (now in central Serbia), between Holy Roman and Ottoman forces during the Great Turkish War (1683–99).

On 29 August 1689 the Serbian Militia under the command of Pavle Nestorović as a vanguard unit of the Habsburg army was victorious against a vanguard unit of the Ottoman army during the Battle of Batočina.^[2] The Austrian army was victorious.

References

↑ "Die Schlacht von Salankamen, 19" (PDF). Retrieved 17 July 2011.
↑ Tanić, Dejan (2005), Војно-стратешки значај средњег поморавља у Бечком Рату (1683-1699) (PDF) (in Serbian), Istorijski Arhiv Jagodine, p. 73, retrieved 14 December 2011, Претходницу је чинила Српска милиција (хусари), под командом капетана Павла Несторивића Деака. У судару две претходнице, 29. августа 1689. године, код Баточине, Турци су били поражени и потиснути ка својој главнини.

Sources

Jovan N. Tomić (1902). Deset godina iz istorije srpskog naroda i crkve pod Turcima (1683-1693). Štampano u Državnoj štampariji Kraljevine Srbije.

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