Siege of Belgrade (1717)

Siege of Belgrade
Part of the Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718)
Siege of Belgrade by Jan van Huchtenburgh
Date 18 June 1717 – 21 August 1717 Location Belgrade, Sanjak of Smederevo 44°49′24″N 20°27′01″E / 44.82333°N 20.45028°E / 44.82333; 20.45028 Result Habsburg victory Belgrade transferred to Habsburg control Peace of Passarowitz (1718)
Belligerents
Habsburg monarchy Serbian Militia Electorate of Bavaria	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate
Commanders and leaders
Eugene of Savoy Alexander von Württemberg Antoniotto Botta Adorno Count von Mercy Count János Pálffy Marquis de Maffei Maurice de Saxe[a]	Hacı Halil Pasha Mustafa Pasha Rumeli Beylerbeyi Beylerbeyi Maktulzade Ali Pasha Beylerbeyi Numan Pasha
Strength
Total: 100,000 men[2] 87 infantry battalions 193 troops of cavalry 200 artilleries[2] 60 warships	Total: 210,000 men Belgrade garrison: 30,000 men[3][b] 600 guns [2] 70 boats[5] Relief force: 140,000 Ottomans[2][c] 40,000 Crimean Tatars[2] 70 warships[2] 120 guns and mortars[5]
Casualties and losses
30,000[7][d]	20,000[9][e]

The siege of Belgrade was a successful attempt by Austrian troops under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy to capture the strategically important city of Belgrade from the Ottoman Empire. It took place during the Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718), barely a year after the Austrian victory at the Battle of Petrovaradin (Peterwardein). The Imperial Army routed the Ottoman relief army under Grand Vizier Hacı Halil Pasha on 16 August. As a consequence, the Belgrade garrison, deprived of relief, surrendered to the Austrians on 21 August. The Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III sued for peace, resulting in the Treaty of Passarowitz a year later, which completed the transfer of the remainder of Hungary, the Banat and the city of Belgrade into Austrian hands.^[3]

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