Battle of Batočina

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).

Battle of Batočina
Part of Great Turkish War
Date 29–30 August 1689 Location Batočina, central Serbia Result Austrian victory
Belligerents
Holy Roman Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Margrave of Baden Pavle Nestorović	Arap Recep Pasha
Units involved
Serbian Militia
Strength
17,815 9,262 infantry 8,553 cavalry	40,000
Casualties and losses
400	3,000 108 guns 3 mortars Entire camp and baggage

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

1. "Die Schlacht von Salankamen, 19" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
2. Tanić, Dejan (2005), Војно-стратешки значај средњег поморавља у Бечком Рату (1683-1699) (PDF) (in Serbian), Istorijski Arhiv Jagodine, p. 73, archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2012, 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.