Battle of Slankamen

Timeline

1. 1691Zemun–Slankamen area · SerbiaAfter the Ottomans recovered Niš and Vidin in 1690 and threatened the Belgrade direction, Ludwig Wilhelm of Baden reorganized an imperial army of roughly 20,000–30,000 men (including Serbian militia) and moved south along the Danube. The grand vizier followed with superior numbers, but the Tatar cavalry had not yet arrived; the imperial army withdrew into positions near Slankamen, awaiting the enemy attack.
2. 1691Slankamen · SerbiaOn August 19, Ottoman cavalry attacked the imperial positions first. The Margrave of Baden held the charge with disciplined infantry and artillery fire, then launched a counterattack. In the melee the grand vizier was shot and killed; the Ottoman command structure immediately collapsed and the troops fled toward Belgrade.
3. 1691Belgrade direction · SerbiaThe Ottoman army fled south, abandoning artillery and war-chest boxes. Because the Empire was simultaneously at war with France and had limited troops and supplies, it could not pursue deeply, but control over Hungary, Croatia, and Slavonia was consolidated and the momentum of the Ottoman 1690 counteroffensive was broken.