Battle of Brest (1592)
| Battle of Brest | |||||||||
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| Part of theOttoman wars in Europe Ottoman–Croatian Wars | |||||||||
 Depiction of the battle by Wilhelm Peter Zimmermann, published in 1603 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Hasan Predojević |
Tamás Erdődy Kristofor Peuchel | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 7–8,000 soldiers | 6,000 soldiers | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | 800 killed[1] | ||||||||
TheBattle of Brest(Croatian:Bitka kod Bresta) was fought on 19 July 1592 between the Ottoman forces ofHasan Pasha Predojević,BeglerbegofBosnia,and theGermanicandCroatianforces led byTamás Erdődy,Ban of Croatia.The battle was a part of theCroatian–Ottoman warsandOttoman–Habsburg warsbetween theOttoman Empireand theHabsburg monarchy.
The Ottoman forces were about 7,000-8,000 men from the recently captured fortress ofBihać,and Erdödy's army consisted of 1,600 infantry and 400 cavalry fromStyria,500 men arrived under Erdödy's command, and an unknown number (several hundred) of peasants fromCroatia.In total, the forces gathered at Erdödy's camp were about 3,000 men. Predojević arrived nearBrestwith the bulk of his army on 18/19 July at night, and on 19 July he separated his forces in order to attack. Croatian forces were crushed and fled away from the battlefield. The Ottomans then attacked theStyrianforces and defeated them as well.
Following these successes, the Ottomans began tobesiege the Sisak fortress.
Bibliography[edit]
- Vojna enciklopedija(1970–76), 10 volumes, Vojno izdavački zavod Beograd, book 2, p. 8, articleBrest(in Serbo-Croatian)
References[edit]
- ^Horvat, Karlo (1900).Toma Erdedi-Bakač, ban Hrvatski[Thomas Erdody, Ban of Croatia] (in Croatian). Zagreb: Tisak Dioničke tiskare. p. 47.
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