Battle of Sırpsındığı
1364 battle from the Serbian–Ottoman Wars / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sırpsındığı was according to Ottoman sources, a sudden night raid by an Ottoman force led by Hacı İlbey on a Serbian contingent at the banks of the Maritsa river about 15 kilometres from the city of Adrianople. It occurred in 1364 between an expeditionary force of the Ottomans and a Serbian army that also included crusaders, led by king Louis I of Hungary, sent by the Pope. The Ottomans destroyed the Serbian army, which is why the battle was known as "sırp sındığı" (destruction of Serbs). The battle was the first attempt to throw the Ottomans from the Balkans with an allied army. There is no record of this battle in any Serbian, Hungarian, papal, or other European sources.
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Battle of Sırp Sındığı | |||||||
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Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe Serbian–Ottoman Wars | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Serbian Empire Bulgarian Empire Wallachia Kingdom of Hungary | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Vukašin Mrnjavčević Jovan Uglješa Ivan Alexander Louis I of Hungary | Hacı İlbey | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
30,000 to 60,000 | 5,000-10,000[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Over thousands killed and drowned, remainder of the army escaped | Unknown |