Battle of Ljubić

Battle of Ljubić
Part of Second Serbian uprising
Date 8 May 1815 Location Ljubić, Serbia Result Serbian victory
Belligerents
Serbian revolutionaries	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Lazar Mutap-Čačanin Miloš Obrenović Jovan Dimitrijević Dobrača Tanasko Rajić†	Caja-paša†
Strength
1,500-3.000 men	5,000 men
Casualties and losses
Around 1000 killed	5000 killed

The Battle of Ljubić (Serbian: Битка на Љубићу, Бој на Љубићу) was a pitched battle between the Serbian revolutionary forces under Miloš Obrenović and the Ottoman troops commanded by Caja-paša, on the Ljubić hill near Čačak. It was the largest and most significant armed engagement of the Second Serbian Uprising

Map of battle of Ljubić

After the liberation of Rudnik, Serbian revolutionaries commanded by Lazar Mutap-Čačanin began attacking Ottoman positions near Čačak. On 6 May, the Ottomans responded to the Serbian incursions by sending a force of 5,000 cavalry under Caja-paša to attack the rebels from the rear. The rebels quickly retreated to the Ljubić hill, where they regrouped and were reinforced with detachments commanded by Miloš Obrenović and Jovan Dimitrijević Dobrača. Their total forces amounted to 1,300 infantry and 200 cavalry. Using the terrain to his advantage, Obrenović positioned his forces in various parts of the battlefield. On 8 May, the Ottoman attack on Serbian positions was promptly repulsed, with heavy Ottoman casualties. After their defeat at Ljubić, the Ottomans began retreating towards Čačak but were aggressively pursued by Serbian forces until the banks of West Morava.

References

Sources

• Konstantin N. Nenadović (1903). Život i dela velikog Đorđa Petrovića Kara-Đorđa Vrhovnog Vožda, oslobodioca i Vladara Srbije i život njegovi Vojvoda i junaka: Kao gradivo za Srbsku Istoriju od godine 1804 do 1813 i na dalje. Sloboda.