Battle of Batočina | |||||||
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Part of Great Turkish War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Holy Roman Empire | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Arap Recep Pasha | |||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Serbian Militia | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
18,000 | 40,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
400 | 3,000 |
The Battle of Batočina (Serbian: Битка код Баточине) was fought on 29–30 August 1689 near the town of Batočina in the Sanjak of Smederevo (now in central Serbia), between Holy Roman and Ottoman forces during the Great Turkish War (1683–99).
On 29 August 1689 the Serbian Militia under the command of Pavle Nestorović as a vanguard unit of the Habsburg army was victorious against a vanguard unit of the Ottoman army during the Battle of Batočina. The Austrian army was victorious.