Battle of Breadfield | |||||||
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Part of the Ottoman–Hungarian Wars | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kingdom of Hungary, Serbian Despotate, Vlach volunteers |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Paul Kinizsi Bartholomew Drágfi Stephen V Báthory Vuk Branković Demetrius Jaksics Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân |
Ali Koca Bey |
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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 |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
3,000 killed | 10,000-15,000 Turkish killed 1,000 Wallachian |
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.