Battle of Zenta

Timeline

1. 1697Middle Tisza · Southeast EuropeMustafa II personally led the Ottoman army north in an attempt to salvage the situation in Hungary. After taking command of the Imperial army, Prince Eugene shadowed the sultan's march, choosing to attack when the enemy was crossing the Tisza and their forces were divided by the river.
2. 1697Zenta (Tisza crossing) · SerbiaAs the Ottoman army was crossing westward by pontoon bridge, Prince Eugene suddenly attacked the works still being built on the west bank. The enemy fell into panic; artillery and the sultan's treasury were all lost, and the grand vizier was killed by mutinous Janissaries. This became one of the Ottomans' most devastating open-field defeats in Europe.
3. 1697–1698Banat-Bosnia border · Southeast EuropeThe Ottomans lost the ability to reconstitute a large field army in Hungary. Eugene subsequently raided Bosnia and other areas. With British and French mediation, peace talks began at Karlowitz from 1698, and the war entered its final phase.