Battle of Krusi

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Battle of Krusi Beteja e Krusit
Date 3 October 1796 Location Krusi, Lješanska nahija (modern-day Montenegro) Result Decisive Montenegrin victory
Belligerents
Montenegro	Ottoman Empire Pashalik of Scutari
Commanders and leaders
Petar I Petrović Njegoš Jovan Radonjić	Kara Mahmud Pasha  †
Units involved
Tribes of Old Montenegro Piperi Bjelopavlići	Unknown
Strength
6,500 men	Unknown
Casualties and losses
132 dead	7,000 dead[dubious – discuss]

The Battle of Krusi (Albanian: Beteja e Krusit; Serbian: Битка на Крусима, romanized: Bitka na Krusima) was fought on 22 September 1796 between the campaigning army of Ottoman Empire commanded by Kara Mahmud Pasha, the Pasha of Scutari, and tribes of Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro under the command of Metropolitan Petar I Petrović Njegoš and Jovan Radonjić, at Krusi, Lješanska nahija.