Battle of Breadfield

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Battle of Breadfield
Part of the Ottoman–Hungarian Wars
Battle of Breadfield by Eduard Gurk
Date October 13, 1479 Location The Breadfield (Kenyérmező), in Alkenyér, near the River Maros, Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary Result Hungarian victory[1]
Belligerents
Kingdom of Hungary Serbian Despotate	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Paul Kinizsi Stephen V Báthory Bartholomew Drágfi Vuk Grgurević-Branković Dmitar Jakšić Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân	Ali Bey
Strength
12,000–15,000 men (Hungarians, Székelys, Transylvanian Saxons, Serbs, Poles, Transylvanian Vlachs)	Around 30,000 men consisting of Akıncı, Sipahi and Azaps, and some Janissary 1,000–2,000 Wallachian mercenaries[2]
Casualties and losses
3,000 killed[citation needed]	5,000–9,000 Ottomans killed 1,000 Wallachian[citation needed]

The Battle of Breadfield (Hungarian: Kenyérmezei csata, German: Schlacht auf dem Brodfeld, Romanian: Bătălia de la Câmpul Pâinii, Turkish: Ekmek Otlak Savaşı) was the most tremendous conflict fought in Transylvania up to that time in the Ottoman–Hungarian Wars, taking place on October 13, 1479, on the Breadfield near the Saxon village of Alkenyér (also Zsibód, German: Unterbrodsdorf, Romanian: Șibot) next to the river Maros (Mureș). The Hungarian army was led by Pál Kinizsi, István Báthory, Vuk Branković, and Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân.

The result of the battle was an important victory for the Kingdom of Hungary and the Serbian Despotate.