Siege of Belgrade (1717)

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Siege of Belgrade
Part of the Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718)

Siege of Belgrade
by Jan van Huchtenburgh
Date18 June 1717 – 21 August 1717
Location
Belgrade, Sanjak of Smederevo
44°49′24″N 20°27′01″E / 44.82333°N 20.45028°E / 44.82333; 20.45028
Result

Habsburg victory

Belligerents

Habsburg monarchy

Electorate of Bavaria

Ottoman Empire

Commanders and leaders
  • Hacı Halil Pasha
  • Mustafa Pasha
  • Rumeli Beylerbeyi
  • Beylerbeyi Maktulzade Ali Pasha
  • Beylerbeyi Numan Pasha
Strength

Total: 100,000 men[2]

  • 87 infantry battalions
  • 193 troops of cavalry
  • 200 artilleries[2]
  • 60 warships

Total: 210,000 men

Belgrade garrison:
Relief force:
  • 140,000 Ottomans[2][c]
  • 40,000 Crimean Tatars[2]
  • 70 warships[2]
  • 120 guns and mortars[5]
Casualties and losses
30,000[7][d] 20,000[10][e]
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The siege of Belgrade was a successful attempt by Habsburg forces under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy to capture the strategically important city of Belgrade from the Ottoman Empire. It took place during the Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718), barely a year after the Habsburg victory at the Battle of Petrovaradin (Peterwardein). The Imperial Army routed the Ottoman relief army under Grand Vizier Hacı Halil Pasha on 16 August. As a consequence, the Belgrade garrison, deprived of relief, surrendered to Habsburg forces on 21 August. The Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III sued for peace, resulting in the Treaty of Passarowitz a year later, which completed the transfer of the remainder of Hungary, the Banat of Temeswar with lower Syrmia, and the city of Belgrade with central Serbia into Habsburg hands.[11][3]

  1. ^ Urban & Showalter 2013, p. 39.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Karagöz 2018, pp. 137–138.
  3. ^ a b Harbottle 2019, p. 183.
  4. ^ a b Karagöz 2018, p. 137.
  5. ^ a b Roy 2014, p. 99.
  6. ^ Karagöz 2018, p. 142.
  7. ^ Aksan 2014, p. 102.
  8. ^ Andreas Thürheim: Gedenkblätter aus der Kriegsgeschichte der K. K. oesterreichischen Armee. Vol. 2. Verlag der Buchhandlung für Militär-Literatur, Vienna, 1880, p. 480.
  9. ^ Karagöz 2018, p. 146.
  10. ^ a b c Roy 2014, p. 100.
  11. ^ Ágoston 2011, p. 102-105.


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