Battle of Keresztes

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search
Battle of Keresztes
Part of the Long War (Ottoman wars)
Image:Battle of Mezokeresztes 1596.jpg

Date October 24-26, 1596
Location Mezőkeresztes, northern Hungary
Result Ottoman victory
Combatants
Ottoman Empire [1] Habsburg Austria
Holy Roman Empire
Transylvania
Kingdom of Hungary
Commanders
Mehmed III
Damat İbrahim Pasha Grand Vizier 		Archduke Maximilian
Sigismund of Transylvania
Strength
~150,000[citation needed]
at least 43 cannon 		~50,000
including ~5,000 cavalry
97 cannon
Casualties
~20,000 ~12,000[2]
Ottoman-Habsburg wars
Mohacs - Campaign of Ferdinand I - Balkan campaign of Suleiman - Vienna - Little War - Koszeg - Tunis - Osijek - Preveza - Campaign of Suleiman (1543) - Eger - Malta - Szigetvar - Lepanto (1571) - Thirteen Years War - Keresztes - Saint Gotthard - Vienna (1683) - Mohacs (1687) - Slankamen - Zenta - Peterwardein - Grocka

The Battle of Keresztes or Battle of Mezokeresztes (Mezőkeresztes) took place on October 24-26, 1596, between a combined Habsburg-Transylvanian force and the Ottoman Empire, near the village of Mezőkeresztes in northern Hungary. The battle ended in an unexpected Ottoman victory.

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Historians' History of the World By Henry Smith Williams - Page 439
  2. ^ Ágnes Várkonyi: Age of Reform's, 2004. (Megújulások kora), 27. page.

[edit] External links

Image:Miecze.svg This article about a battle in Austrian history is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Views
Personal tools

Toolbox