Battle of Brest (1592) explained

Conflict:Battle of Brest
Partof:the Ottoman wars in Europe
Ottoman–Croatian Wars
Date:19 July 1592
Place:Brest, Kingdom of Croatia, Habsburg monarchy
Result:Ottoman victory
Territory:Brest captured by the Ottomans
Combatant1: Ottoman Empire
Combatant2:
Commander1:Hasan Predojević
Commander2:Tamás Erdődy
Kristofor Peuchel
Strength1:7–8,000 soldiers
Strength2:6,000 soldiers
Casualties1:Unknown
Casualties2:800 killed[1]

The Battle of Brest (Croatian: Bitka kod Bresta) was fought on 19 July 1592 between the Ottoman forces of Hasan Pasha Predojević, Beglerbeg of Bosnia, and the Germanic and Croatian forces led by Tamás Erdődy, Ban of Croatia. The battle was a part of the Croatian–Ottoman wars and Ottoman–Habsburg wars between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg monarchy.

The Ottoman forces were about 7,000-8,000 men from the recently captured fortress of Bihać, and Erdödy's army consisted of 1,600 infantry and 400 cavalry from Styria, 500 men arrived under Erdödy's command, and an unknown number (several hundred) of peasants from Croatia. In total, the forces gathered at Erdödy's camp were about 3,000 men. Predojević arrived near Brest with 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 the Styrian forces and defeated them as well.

Following these successes, the Ottomans began to besiege the Sisak fortress.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Horvat, Karlo. Toma Erdedi-Bakač, ban Hrvatski. Thomas Erdody, Ban of Croatia. 1900. hr. Tisak Dioničke tiskare. Zagreb. 47.