Battle of Klis (1596)

Battle for Klis
Part of Long Turkish War
Klis fortress in 2007
Date 6 April — 30 May 1596 Location Fortress of Klis, Sanjak of Klis, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Croatia) Result Klis quickly recaptured by the Ottomans
Belligerents
	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Irregular Christian forces from Split: Giovanni Alberti Francesco Antonio Bertucci Nikola Cindro Uskoks: voivode Nikola Lasinović Ivo Senjanin Poljice forces: Pavle Pavić Nikola Suđić	sanjakbey Mustafa Pijadepašić Ibrahim-aga, captain of the Klis garrison
Units involved
30 Venetian irregulars from Split 300 Uskoks 200 men from Poljice unknown number of Joint Habsburg-Venetian relief forces	- 2,000 Sanjak of Klis three other Ottoman Sanjaks in Bosnia - 6,000 men (Sanjak of Krka)
Strength
600	8,000 men
Casualties and losses
	At least 400 members of Klis garrison were killed at least 210 Muslim civilians were killed

Irregular Christian forces from Split:
Giovanni Alberti
Francesco Antonio Bertucci
Nikola Cindro

Uskoks:
voivode Nikola Lasinović
Ivo Senjanin

Poljice forces:
Pavle Pavić

sanjakbey Mustafa Pijadepašić

30 Venetian irregulars from Split
300 Uskoks
200 men from Poljice

- 2,000 Sanjak of Klis

At least 400 members of Klis garrison were killed

The Battle for Klis was a battle Venetian irregulars from Split supported with Uskoks and relief forces of Habsburg and Venetian Empire on one side and Ottoman garrison on another, over the control of fortress of Klis.

The fortress of Klis had a significant strategic position because its position was at the main entrance from the northeastern Adriatic coast into the territory of Ottoman-held Bosnia. The capture of Klis would leave this key entrance into Bosnia unguarded. Since the mid-16th century Klis slowly lost its prestige to Livno, where the sanjakbey of Klis resided, while the fortress of Klis was guarded by a garrison of 400 men commanded by a captain.

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