Battle of Grocka

Battle of Grocka
Part of the Austro-Turkish War of 1737–1739

Description of Battle of Grocka by Henry Köpp, 1753
Date22 July 1739
Location
Grocka, Belgrade, Sanjak of Smederevo, Ottoman Empire
Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Habsburg monarchy Habsburg monarchy Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Marshal Wallis
Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg[1]		 Grand Vizier Ivaz Mehmed Pasha[2]
Strength
40,000[3] 100,000[2]
Casualties and losses
5,600[4] (2,350 killed
2,850 wounded
400 missing)
or: 7,000 dead,[3] 7,000 wounded[5]		 Unknown
Main article: Ottoman–Habsburg wars

The Battle of Grocka, also known as Battle of Krotzka,[6] (Turkish: Hisarcık Savaşı) was fought between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Empire on 21–22 July 1739 in Grocka, Belgrade.[7][8] The Ottomans were victorious and took the city of Belgrade. The battle was part of the Austro-Turkish War of 1737–1739.

  1. ^ Wheatcroft, Andrew, The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe, (Bodley Head Random House, 2008), 240.
  2. ^ a b Nicolle, David (1983). Armies of the Ottoman Turks, 1300-1774. Osprey Publishing. pp. 33–34. ISBN 0-85045-511-1.
  3. ^ a b Abbott, John Stevens Cabot (1859). John Stevens Cabot Abbott, The Empire of Austria. p. 406–407.
  4. ^ Bodart 1908, p. 188.
  5. ^ Battle of Grocka (1739), Alexander Mikaberidze, Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia, Vol.1, ed. Alexander Mikaberidze, (ABC-CLIO, 2011), 350.
  6. ^ Dupuy, R. Ernest and Trevor N. Dupuy, The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History, 4th Edition, (HarperCollins Publishers, 1993), 689.
  7. ^ Lund, Eric A. (1999). War for the Every Day: Generals, Knowledge, and Warfare in Early Modern Europe, 1680-1740. Greenwood Press. p. 180. ISBN 0-313-31041-6.
  8. ^ Bodart, Gaston (1916). Losses of Life in Modern Wars, Austria-Hungary: France. H. Milford. pp. 39.