Relief of Cetingrad

Relief of Cetingrad
Part of the Croatian–Ottoman wars
and Ottoman–Habsburg wars

contemporary image of the battlefield
Date22 June – 20 July 1790
Location
Result Habsburg victory
Belligerents

 Habsburg Monarchy

Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Habsburg Monarchy Joseph Nikolaus Freiherr de Vins, feldzeugmeister
Habsburg Monarchy Christoph Andreas von Wallisch, lieutenant field marshal
Daniel von Peharnik-Hotkovich, major general
Antun Pejačević, colonel
Osman Gradaščević, Governor of Bosnia
Ali-Bey Beširević, Dizdar-Agha
Strength
~ 4,000 1,000–2,000
Casualties and losses
~ 300 ~ 1,000

The liberation of Cetingrad (Croatian: Oslobođenje Cetingrada)[1] was a military conflict between the Croatian Corps of the Habsburg monarchy's army, led by Feldzeugmeister Joseph Nikolaus Baron de Vins, and the Ottoman army, led by Dizdar-Agha Ali-Bey Beširević (under higher command of Osman Gradaščević, Governor of Bosnia), dealing with possession of Cetin Castle and its surrounding area,[2] in central Croatia (at the time occupied by the Ottoman Empire, forming the so-called Ottoman Croatia).[3] The conflict was part of a military campaign within the Austro-Turkish War (1788–1791). Habsburg forces besieged the castle between 22 June and 20 July 1790, and, after almost a month, the operation ended victoriously for the Habsburg troops. Cetingrad, an important stronghold in the Croatian Military Frontier that had fallen into the hands of the Ottoman conquerors in the 16th century again became part of the Kingdom of Croatia.

  1. ^ Nadilo, Branko (2002). "Fortresses in south Kordun and Cetingrad ruins" (PDF). Časopis Građevinar. p. 694.
  2. ^ Karkocha, Małgorzata (2017). The Russo-Turkish war (the campaign of 1789) in the light of reports from "Pamiętnik Historyczno-Polityczno-Ekonomiczny". University of Lodz. p. 66.
  3. ^ Karkocha, Małgorzata (2017). The Russo-Turkish war (the campaign of 1789) in the light of reports from "Pamiętnik Historyczno-Polityczno-Ekonomiczny". University of Lodz. p. 47.