Battle of Petrovaradin

Battle of Petrovaradin
Part of the Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718)
Battle of Peterwardein by Georg Philipp Rugendas
Date 5 August 1716 Location Petrovaradin, Military Frontier, Habsburg monarchy 45°15′9″N 19°51′45″E / 45.25250°N 19.86250°E / 45.25250; 19.86250 Result Habsburg victory
Belligerents
Habsburg monarchy Württemberg[1]	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Hungarian Kuruc  Wallachia[a]
Commanders and leaders
Eugene of Savoy Alexander von Württemberg Count von Mercy Count János Pálffy Guido Starhemberg Sigbert Heister	Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha †
Strength
60,000 men[3][4][b]	150,000 men[3][5][c]
Casualties and losses
4,500 killed and wounded[7][d]	20,000 killed[9][e]

Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18

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The Battle of Petrovaradin also known as the Battle of Peterwardein, took place on 5 August 1716 during the Austro-Turkish War when the Ottoman army besieged the Habsburg-controlled fortress of Petrovaradin on the Military Frontier of the Habsburg monarchy (today Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia). The Ottomans attempted to capture Petrovaradin, the so-called Gibraltar on the Danube, but experienced a great defeat by an army half the size of their own, similar to the defeat they had experienced in 1697 at the Battle of Zenta. Ottoman Grand Vizier Damad Ali Pasha was fatally wounded, while the Ottoman army lost 20,000 men and 250 guns to the Habsburg army led by Field Marshal Prince Eugene of Savoy.

The Austrians consolidated this victory by marching into the Banat and conquering Temesvár, the last remaining Turkish fortress in Hungary, followed by Belgrade.^[11]

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