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Battle of Breadfield

Battle of Breadfield
Part of the Ottoman–Hungarian Wars
Kenyérmezői csata.jpg
Date October 13, 1479
Location The Breadfield (Kenyérmező), in Zsibód, near the River Maros, Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary
Result Decisive Hungarian and Serbian victory
Belligerents
Coa Hungary Country History Mathias Corvinus 1(1458-1490).svg Kingdom of Hungary, CoatOfArmsOfJovanStefanovicBrankovic.png Serbian Despotate,
Vlach volunteers

Ottoman Empire

Commanders and leaders
Paul Kinizsi
Bartholomew Drágfi
Stephen V Báthory
Vuk Branković
Demetrius Jaksics
Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân

Ali Koca Bey

Strength
12-15,000 men (Hungarians, Transylvanian Saxons, Serbs, Szeklers, Vlachs and Transylvanian Hungarians) 6,000-20,000 Akıncı, Spakh and Asab, some Janissary
5,000 Wallachian troops
Casualties and losses
3,000 killed 10,000-15,000 Turkish killed
1,000 Wallachian

Ottoman Empire

Ali Koca Bey

The Battle of Breadfield (Hungarian: Kenyérmezei csata, Romanian: Bătălia de la Câmpul Pâinii, Turkish: Ekmek Otlak Savaşı) was the most tremendous conflict fought in Transylvania up to that time in the Hungarian-Turkish Wars taking place on October 13, 1479, on the Breadfield Zsibód (Şibot) near the Mureş River. The Hungarian army was led by Pál Kinizsi, István Báthory, Vuk Branković, and Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân.

The result of the battle was an important victory for the Kingdom of Hungary and the Serbian Despotate.


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