Battle at Jurjeve Stijene
17th-century battle / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle at Jurjeve Stijene (Croatian: Bitka kod Jurjevih Stijena) was fought on 16 October 1663, at a canyon near Otočac in the Habsburg Kingdom of Croatia between the forces of Petar Zrinski, at the time captain of Senj, Ogulin and Primorje, and the forces of the Ottoman Empire under Ali-Pasha Čengić of the Eyalet of Bosnia.
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Battle at Jurjeve Stijene | |||||||
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Part of the Ottoman Wars in Europe | |||||||
Map of Croatia commemorating the battle at Jurjeve Stijene (c. 1680) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Ottoman Empire | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Petar Zrinski | Ali-pasha Čengić (POW) | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
2,000–2,500 | 8,000–10,000[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
10 killed |
1,500–2,000 killed hundreds captured |
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