Battle of Keresztes

Battle of Keresztes
	Part of the Long Turkish War
	; Battle of Keresztes, Ottoman miniature.
Date	24–26 October 1596
Location	Mezőkeresztes, Hungary
Result	Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire;	Holy Roman Empire; Transylvania; Kingdom of Hungary; Papal States; Spain; Walloon and French mercenaries; Serbs; Cossacks; Bohemians; Polish cavalry
Commanders and leaders
Mehmed III; Damat Ibrahim Pasha;	Maximilian III; Sigismund Báthory
Strength
80,000–100,000 men; 100 cannons	40,000–50,000 men; 30–300 cannons 14,000; 13,000 light cavalry; 10,000; 3,000 Reiters
Casualties and losses
20,000–30,000	23,000

The Battle of Keresztes (also known as the Battle of Mezőkeresztes) (Turkish: Haçova Muharebesi) took place on 24–26 October 1596. It was fought between a combined Habsburg-Transylvanian force and the Ottoman Empire near the village of Mezőkeresztes (Turkish: Haçova) in modern-day northern Hungary. The Ottomans routed the Habsburg-led army but due to their own losses were unable to exploit their victory.^[4]

^ Henry Smith William, The Historians' History of the World p.439
^ In the Long War few thousand Cossacks and Polish soldier were in the Austrian, Hungarian and Transylvanian army. Ervin Liptay, Military history of Hungary, Zrínyi Military Publisher, 1985. ISBN 963-326-337-9
^ Kissling, Hans Joachim, The last great Muslim empires: history of the Muslim world, (Markus Weiner Publishing, 1969), 35.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Tucker 2010, p. 547.
^ Attila Weiszhár -Balázs Weiszhár : Csaták kislexikona (Small lexicon of the Battles), Maecenas Publisher 2000. ISBN 963-645-080-3
^ Cite error: The named reference AL-Hind was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Ágnes Várkonyi: Age of Reform's, 2004. (Megújulások kora), p.27. p(Hungarian)

[1] Henry Smith William, The Historians' History of the World p.439

[2] In the Long War few thousand Cossacks and Polish soldier were in the Austrian, Hungarian and Transylvanian army. Ervin Liptay, Military history of Hungary, Zrínyi Military Publisher, 1985. ISBN 963-326-337-9

[3] Kissling, Hans Joachim, The last great Muslim empires: history of the Muslim world, (Markus Weiner Publishing, 1969), 35.

[FOOTNOTETucker2010547-4] Tucker 2010, p. 547.

[5] Attila Weiszhár -Balázs Weiszhár : Csaták kislexikona (Small lexicon of the Battles), Maecenas Publisher 2000. ISBN 963-645-080-3

[AL-Hind-6] Cite error: The named reference AL-Hind was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[7] Ágnes Várkonyi: Age of Reform's, 2004. (Megújulások kora), p.27. p(Hungarian)

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