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Battle of Sisak
On June 22, 1593, Ottoman forces besieging Sisak fortress in Croatia were decisively defeated by a Croatian-Habsburg coalition, with provincial gover…
Timeline
- 1593Sisak fortress · CroatiaHasan Pasha led Ottoman forces in besieging Sisak; the garrison held out stubbornly in the fortress at the confluence of the Sava and Kupa rivers, awaiting reinforcements.
- 1593Battlefield outside Sisak · CroatiaCroatian frontier troops and Habsburg reinforcements from Karlovac and elsewhere launched a counterattack; the Ottoman army was annihilated, Hasan Pasha was killed, and the remnants fled in disorder.
- 1593Croatian Military Frontier · CroatiaThe great victory at Sisak greatly boosted Christian morale and enraged the Ottoman court; Murad III subsequently declared formal war on the Habsburgs, escalating the conflict from a frontier clash into a full-scale war.
Sources
- Battle of Sisak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sisak
- The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe — Andrew Wheatcroft (2008)