Battle of Keresztes

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Battle of Keresztes
Part of the Long Turkish War

Battle of Keresztes, Ottoman miniature.
Date24–26 October 1596
Location
Mezőkeresztes, Hungary
Result Ottoman victory[3]
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire[1]
 Holy Roman Empire
Transylvania
Kingdom of Hungary
Papal States
Spain
Walloon and French mercenaries
Serbs
Cossacks
Bohemians
Polish cavalry[2]
Commanders and leaders
 Maximilian III
Sigismund Báthory
Strength
80,000[4]–100,000 men
100 cannons

40,000[4]–50,000 men
30–300 cannons[5][6]

  • 14,000 Austrians and Germans
  • 13,000 Hungarians
  • 10,000 Transylvanians
  • 3,000 Reiters
Casualties and losses
20,000–30,000[7] 23,000[4]

The Battle of Keresztes (also known as the Battle of Mezőkeresztes) (Turkish: Haçova Muharebesi) took place on 24–26 October 1596. It was fought between a combined Habsburg-Transylvanian force and the Ottoman Empire near the village of Mezőkeresztes (Turkish: Haçova) in modern-day northern Hungary. The Ottomans routed the Habsburg-led army but due to their own losses were unable to exploit their victory.[4]

  1. ^ Henry Smith William, The Historians' History of the World p.439
  2. ^ In the Long War few thousand Cossacks and Polish soldier were in the Austrian, Hungarian and Transylvanian army. Ervin Liptay, Military history of Hungary, Zrínyi Military Publisher, 1985. ISBN 963-326-337-9
  3. ^ Kissling, Hans Joachim, The last great Muslim empires: history of the Muslim world, (Markus Weiner Publishing, 1969), 35.
  4. ^ a b c d Tucker 2010, p. 547.
  5. ^ Attila Weiszhár -Balázs Weiszhár : Csaták kislexikona (Small lexicon of the Battles), Maecenas Publisher 2000. ISBN 963-645-080-3
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference AL-Hind was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Ágnes Várkonyi: Age of Reform's, 2004. (Megújulások kora), p.27. p(Hungarian)