Battle of Batočina

Battle of Batočina
Part of Great Turkish War
Date 29 August 1689 – 30 August 1689 Location Batočina, central Serbia Result Austrian victory
Belligerents
Holy Roman Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden Pavle Nestorović
Units involved
Serbian Militia

The Battle of Batočina was fought from 29 August 1689-30 August 1689,^[1] near the city of Batočina in central Serbia, between the forces of the Ottoman Empire and the forces of the Holy Roman Empire as part of the Great Turkish War.

On 29 August 1689 Serbian militia under the command of Pavle Nestorović Deak as a vanguard unit of the Habsburg army was victorious against a vanguard unit of the Ottoman army during the Battle of Batočina.^[2]

The Austrian army was victorious.

References

1. "Die Schlacht von Salankamen, 19" (PDF). Retrieved 17 July 2011.
2. Tanić, Dejan (2005), Војно-стратешки значај средњег поморавља у Бечком Рату (1683-1699) (PDF) (in Serbian), Istorijski Arhiv Jagodine, p. 73, retrieved 14 December 2011, Претходницу је чинила Српска милиција (хусари), под командом капетана Павла Несторивића Деака. У судару две претходнице, 29. августа 1689. године, код Баточине, Турци су били поражени и потиснути ка својој главнини.