Battle of Vrpile

Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe
Hundred Years' Croatian-Ottoman War

Date	Early September, 1491
Location	Vrpile pass (Vrpile gulch), Lika, Kingdom of Croatia
Result	Croatian victory

Belligerents

Ottoman Empire

Kingdom of Croatia

Commanders and leaders

Mihaloğlu Hasan Bey

Ladislav of Egervár
Bernardin Frankopan
Ivan Frankopan Cetinski
Mihovil Frankopan Slunjski

Strength

10,000–11,000irregular light cavalry

Casualties and losses

1,500 killed
1,500 imprisoned

The Battle of Vrpile or Battle of Vrpile Gulch (Croatian: Bitka u klancu Vrpile), also known as the First Battle of Krbava (Croatian: Prva krbavska bitka), was fought between the Kingdom of Croatia and the Ottoman Empire in early September 1491 at the Vrpile pass in central Croatia, near Korenica in Krbava. The Croatian army, led by Ban Ladislav of Egervár and Knez (Prince) Bernardin Frankopan, defeated the Ottomans who were on their way back from Carniola to the Sanjak of Bosnia.

With the death of King Matthias Corvinus in 1490 the 7-year truce with Sultan Bayezid II ended and the Ottomans renewed their raids into Croatia and southwestern Hungary. Since the 14th century the Ottomans regularly plundered Croatian and other lands further west. Their light cavalry troops undertook plundering raids, capturing its inhabitants and taking them into slavery. One such raid started in 1491 when Mihaloğlu Hasan Bey from the Sanjak of Bosnia crossed the Una River and led an army consisting of around 10,000 light cavalrymen, known as the Akıncı, across Croatia into lower Carniola. They intended to reach deep into the lands of the Holy Roman Empire, but their advance was stopped by the floods of the Kupa and Krka rivers. They ravaged the countryside near Zagreb, Krško and Novo Mesto. The Ottomans spent almost a month in Carniola, plundering and taking captives.

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