The Battle of Niš was fought on 24 September 1689,[3] near the city of Niš in southern Serbia, between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire as part of the Great Turkish War.
| Battle of Niš | |||||||
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| Part of Great Turkish War | |||||||
 17th-century engraving of the Siege of Niš | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Ottoman Empire | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown | |||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Serbian Militia[1] | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 16,000[2] | 40,000–70,000[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 400 | Unknown | ||||||
The Austrian commander, Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, defeated the Ottomans and captured the city. When Louis William learned that there were no Ottoman defensive positions on Vinik,[clarification needed] he ordered Pavle Nestorović to attack it.[1] Nestorović managed to bypass the right flank of the Ottoman forces and win the battle. For this achievement, Nestorović was promoted to the rank of lieutenant.[4]
After the battle Louis left Lieutenant-General Piccolomini in charge of the sanjak of Niš and marched to Vidin, where he attacked the Ottoman garrison on 14 October and received its capitulation on 19 October. Piccolomini led a campaign deep into Macedonia. The Ottomans retook Niš the following September after the Austrians abandoned the city.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Mirčetić 1994, p. 153.
- ^ "Habsburg-Ottoman War, 1683-1699". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ^ "Die Schlacht von Salankamen, 19" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ^ Gavrilović 1993, p. 24.
- ^ Houtsma, M. Th (1993). First encyclopaedia of Islam: 1913-1936. BRILL. p. 927. ISBN 978-90-04-09792-6. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
Sources
edit- Mirčetić, Dragoljub (1994). Vojna istorija Niša: deo 1. Od najstarijih vremena do prvog srpskog ustanka. deo 2. U sredjem veku (700-1459). deo 3. U razdoblju Turske vlasti (1459-1878). Prosveta. ISBN 978-87-7455-152-2.
- Gavrilović, Slavko (1993). Iz istorije Srba u Hrvatskoj, Slavoniji i Ugarskoj: XV-XIX vek. Filip Višnjić. ISBN 978-86-7363-126-4.