Battle of Sisak | |||||||
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Part of Ottoman wars in Europe "Long War" Hundred Years' Croatian-Ottoman War |
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"DIE CHRISTEN VOR SYSEGK IN CRABATEN Anno 1593" ("The Christians Before Sisak in Croatia A.D. 1593") (Hieronymus Oertel, Nuremberg 1665) |
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Strength | |||||||
12,000–16,000 |
4,300–5,800
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
8,000 killed or drowned | 500 |
4,300–5,800
The Battle of Sisak (Croatian: Bitka kod Siska; Slovene: Bitka pri Sisku; German: Schlacht bei Sissek; Turkish: Kulpa Bozgunu) was fought on 22 June 1593 between Ottoman regional forces of Telli Hasan Pasha, a notable commander (Beglerbeg) of the Eyalet of Bosnia, and a combined Christian army from the Habsburg lands, mainly Kingdom of Croatia and Inner Austria. The battle took place at Sisak, central Croatia, at the confluence of the rivers Sava and Kupa.