Battle of Batin

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Battle of Batin
Part of Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)
Battle of Batin on August 26 (O.S.), 1810
Date 9 September 1810 Location Batin, Ottoman Bulgaria 43°40′N 25°40′E / 43.667°N 25.667°E / 43.667; 25.667 Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Russia	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Count Nikolay Kamensky	Seraskier of Sofia Muhtar Pasha Ahmed Pasha
Strength
c. 21,000[1]	c. 40,000[1] 15,000 Albanians 6,000–7,000 selected army [2]
Casualties and losses
1,542[1]	5,000 dead and wounded plus 5,086 captured[1] 15,000 inclusive of drowned[3] 14 guns, 178 colours[1] 34,000–35,000 total casualties including non-combat losses[3][4]

The Battle of Batin (Russian: Батинская битва) took place on 9 September 1810 near the small town of Batin, north Bulgaria during the Russo-Turkish War of 1806 to 1812. The conflict involved an attack by Russian forces on a defensive position held by a numerically stronger Ottoman force. The outcome was a Russian victory which enabled their ongoing Balkan campaign to proceed unhindered.^[1]

In this battle, the Russians were led by Nikolay Mikhailovich Kamensky, who by this time had already gained a lot of high command experience by achieving several successes over the Swedish army in the Finnish War. The Ottoman troops were led by Seraskier of Sofia.^[1]