Battle of Vác (1684)

Battle of Vác
Part of the Great Turkish War
Date27 June 1684
LocationVác, central Hungary
Result Austrian victory
Belligerents
 Holy Roman Empire Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Holy Roman Empire Duke Charles of Lorraine Kara Ibrahim Pasha
Strength
32,000[1]

18,000[1]

3,000 Janissaries
15,000 cavalry
Casualties and losses
100[1] 3,000[1]

The Battle of Vác was fought on June 27, 1684,[2] near the city of Vác in central Hungary, between the forces of the Ottoman Empire, and the forces of the Holy Roman Empire as part of the Great Turkish War. The Austrian army was victorious.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Bodart 1908, p. 105.
  2. ↑ Meyer Setton, Kenneth (1991). Venice, Austria, and the Turks in the seventeenth century. American Philosophical Society. p. 273. ISBN 0-87169-192-2.
  • Bodart, G. (1908). Militär-historisches Kriegs-Lexikon (1618-1905).

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