Siege of Buda (1598)

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Siege of Buda (1598)
Part of the Long Turkish War
Siege of Buda 1598
Date 5 October – 2 November 1598 Location Buda, Hungary Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Habsburg Empire Kingdom of Hungary	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Archduke Matthias Adolf von Schwarzenberg Pálffy Miklós Ferenc Nádasdy	Mihalijli Ahmed Pasha
Strength
37,000 men 6,000 Hungarians 1,000 Cossacks 5,000 Walloons and French 25,000 Germans 140 cannons	7,000 men 1,000 Janissaries
Casualties and losses
5,000–6,000 killed[1]	Heavy

The siege of Buda took place in 1598 during the Long Turkish War and was the first of three attempts to capture the town by the Habsburgs; however, it ended in failure.