Battle of Varvarin

Battle of Varvarin
Part of First Serbian uprising
Date 5 September 1810 Location near Varvarin, Ottoman Empire present-day Serbia Result Serbian victory[1][needs update]
Belligerents
Revolutionary Serbia	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Karađorđe Hajduk Veljko (WIA) Jovan Kursula Joseph O'Rourke[2]	Khurshid Pasha
Strength
3,000 men[2][note 1]	12,000 men[2]
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Heavy

The Battle of Varvarin (Serbian Cyrillic: Варваринска битка) was fought on 5 September 1810 between Serbian Revolutionary forces supported by Russian troops and Ottoman forces near Varvarin, at the time part of the Ottoman Empire, (today Serbia).^[2] During the 10-hour battle, the Turkish army unsuccessfully attacked the Russians and Serbs, but was never able to push them out of their positions, retreating in the evening with heavy casualties.

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