Battle of Kulevicha

Battle of Kulevicha
Part of the Russo-Turkish War
Battle of Kulevicha
Date 11 June 1829 Location Kulevicha, Ottoman Empire near present-day Kaspichan, Bulgaria 43°15′26″N 27°6′58″E / 43.25722°N 27.11611°E / 43.25722; 27.11611 Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire Moldavia Wallachia	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Hans Karl von Diebitsch Yakov Otroshchenko [ru]	Reşid Mehmed Pasha
Strength
28,000:[1][a] 26,000 Russian regulars;[1] 2,000 Cossacks.[1] 18,000 engaged[2] 146 cannons[2][1] 7,000 Moldavians and Wallachians[citation needed]	40,000:[2][1] 25,000 regular infantrymen;[1] 5,000 regular cavalrymen;[1] 10,000 irregular cavalrymen.[1] unknown number engaged 56 cannons[2]
Casualties and losses
c. 2,000 killed[2][b]	>5,000 killed[3][2] c. 2,000 captured[2] [c] almost all the artillery and the wagon train[2][d]

The Battle of Kulevicha, also known as the Battle of Kulevcha or Kulewtscha, was fought during the Russo-Turkish War, 1828–1829, on 11 June 1829, between Russia and the Ottoman Empire.^[3]

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