Serbian National Militia
| Serbian Militia | |
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| Active | 1686–1704 |
| Country |
 Habsburg Monarchy
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| Type | Cavalry and Infantry |
| Size | up to 10,000 |
| Nickname(s) | Hayduks, Husars, Rascian Militia, Monasterlija's Serbs |
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The Serbian Militia (Latin: Rascianica militia; [Српска Милиција or Srpska Milicija] error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) was a military unit of the Habsburg-Austrian army consisting of Serbs, that existed in ca. 1686 — 1704.
After allied Christian forces had captured Buda from the Ottoman Empire in 1686 during the Great Turkish War, Serbs from Pannonian Plain (present-day Hungary, Slavonia region in present-day Croatia, Bačka and Banat regions in present-day Serbia) joined the troops of the Habsburg Monarchy as separate units known as Serbian Militia. Serbs, as volunteers, massively joined the Austrian side.
In the first half of 1688 the Habsburg army together with units of Serbian Militia captured Gyula, Lipova and Ineu from the Ottoman Empire. After Belgrade had been liberated from the Ottomans in 1688, Serbs from the territories in the south of Sava and Danube rivers began to join Serbian Militia units. One of the first commanders of the Serbian Militia during the Great Turkish War was Antonije Znorić. In the period 1689—1691, one of the commanders of Serbian Militia units in Banat was Novak Petrović.
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