Battle of Lugos explained

Conflict:Battle of Lugos
Partof:Great Turkish War
Date:21 September 1695
Place:Lugos, Kingdom of Hungary (today: Lugoj, modern-day Romania)
Result:Ottoman victory
Combatant1: Holy Roman Empire
Combatant2: Ottoman Empire
Commander1:
Commander2:
Strength1:Unknown
Strength2:Unknown
Casualties1:Heavy[1]
Casualties2:Heavy

The Battle of Lugos was fought on 21 September 1695 near the city of Lugos in the East Banat, between the forces of the Ottoman Empire and the forces of the Habsburg monarchy as part of the Great Turkish War.

Background

By 1695 the Ottoman Empire had retaken the offensive in the war. Sultan Mustafa II ordered the renewal of the attack in Transylvania and his army captured Lipova shortly after. Defending the Banat region and encamped close to Lipova was the Austrian field marshal Johann Friedrich Ambrosius von Veterani (Italian: Federico Ambrosio Veterani, who was born in Urbino), commander in chief of the Transylvanian forces, with an army of 7,000 men.[2]

Battle

The Ottomans advanced from Lipova and clashed with the Christian army; General Veterani was unable to form a junction with the Imperial Army under Elector of Saxony Augustus II the Strong. The battle resulted in heavy casualties on both sides. Veterani was taken prisoner by the Turks and beheaded.[3] Captain Strahinja and Antonije Znorić, commanders of the units of the Serbian Militia within the Austrian army, were also killed in the battle.

Aftermath

The Great Turkish War continued until the replacement of Augustus by Eugene of Savoy as commander in chief, which ultimately led to the Ottoman Empire's defeat two years later at Zenta.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Vukcevich, I. . Croatia 2: Ludwig Von Gaj Opposes Croatia'S Hungarian Heritage . Xlibris US . 2013 . 978-1-4836-5223-8 .
  2. Coxe, William (1820). History of the house of Austria: from the foundation of the monarchy by Rhodolph of Hapsburgh, to the death of Leopold, the Second: 1218 to 1792. Volume 3. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. p. 397.
  3. Book: Jaques, Tony. Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O. 2007. Greenwood Publishing Group. 605. 9780313335389. 17 July 2011.
  4. Book: Jaques . T. . Showalter . D.E. . Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O . Greenwood Press . Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity Through the Twenty-first Century . 2007 . 978-0-313-33538-9 . 590.