Battle of Eperjes

Battle of Prešov

Date	August 11, 1685
Location	Eperjes, Kingdom of Hungary (modern-day Prešov, eastern Slovakia)
Result	Austrian victory

Belligerents

Holy Roman Empire

Ottoman Empire

Commanders and leaders

General Schulz

Imre Thököly

Great Turkish War

Vienna Párkány Esztergom Vác 1st Buda Érsekújvár Eperjes Kassa 2nd Buda Pécs Mohács Acropolis 1st Crimean Negroponte 1st Belgrade Batočina 2nd Crimean Niš Zernest Kačanik Action of 8 September 1690 2nd Belgrade Slankamen 3rd Belgrade Oinousses Chios Zeytinburnu Azov campaigns Lugos Andros Ulaş Cenei Action of 6 July 1697 Zenta Podhajce Samothrace

The Battle of Eperjes (now: Prešov) was fought on August 11, 1685, near the city of Eperjes in the Kingdom of Hungary, between the forces of the Ottoman Empire, and the forces of the Holy Roman Empire as part of the Great Turkish War. The Habsburg army defeated the invading forces of Imre Thököly.^[1]

References

↑ "CHAPTER XII. AUSTRIA, POLAND, AND TURKEY.". The Cambridge Modern History. VOLUME V. The Age Of Louis XIV.

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