Battle of Klis (1596)

Battle for Klis
Part of Long Turkish War

Klis fortress in 2007
Date6 April — 30 May 1596
Location
Result Ottoman victory
Territorial
changes
Klis quickly recaptured by the Ottomans
Belligerents
Holy Roman Empire Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of Croatia
Papal States
Republic of Venice
 Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders

Irregular Christian forces from Split:
Giovanni Alberti
Francesco Antonio Bertucci
Nikola Cindro


Uskoks:
voivode Nikola Lasinović
Ivo Senjanin


Poljice forces:
Pavao Papić

Nikola Suđić

sanjakbey Mustafa Pijadepašić

Ibrahim-aga, captain of the Klis garrison
Units involved

30 Venetian irregulars from Split
300 Uskoks
200 men from Poljice

unknown number of Joint Habsburg-Venetian relief forces

2,000 Sanjak of Klis

three other Ottoman Sanjaks in Bosnia – 6,000 men (Sanjak of Krka)
Strength
600[1] 8,000 men
Casualties and losses

At least 400 members of Klis garrison were killed

at least 210 Muslim civilians were killed

The Battle for Klis took place between Venetian irregulars from Split supported by Uskoks and relief Habsburg and Venetian Empire forces, and an Ottoman garrison, over the control of the fortress of Klis.

  1. ^ (Фрейденберг 1984, p. 136): "В апреле 1596 г. около 600 ускоков тайно проникли в крепость Клис, запирающую проход в среднюю Далмацию, и изрубили турецкий гарнизон."

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