Battle of Bucharest (1771)

Battle of Bucharest
Part of the Russo-Turkish War (1768-1774)
Battle plan
Date 20 October 1771 Location Bucharest, Ottoman Empire (present-day Romania) Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Russia	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Reinhold Essen [ru] Ivan Gudovich	Ahmet Pasha
Strength
13,000	37,000 to 48,000[a]
Casualties and losses
55 dead 199 wounded	2,000 dead 350 captured

The Battle of Bucharest took place on 20 October 1771 and was an important event of the Russo-Turkish war. It occurred when the Ottomans tried to recapture Bucharest from the Russians.

In the summer of 1771, Russia launched an offensive against the Turkish positions along the Danube, attacking Giurgiu, but this turned out to be unsuccessful and the initiative in actions passed to the Ottomans.

By autumn, Ottoman forces along the Danube were ready to invade Wallachia, where the Russians had a limited number of soldiers. Nevertheless, they were defeated in the subsequent battle of Bucharest and retreated.
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