Battle of Cenei
Battle during the Great Turkish War
| Battle of Cenei | |||||||
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| Part of Great Turkish War | |||||||
 Sultan Mustafa II dressed in full armour | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Holy Roman Empire |  Ottoman Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Frederick August I, Elector of Saxony | Mustafa II | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| total 60,000[1] 40,000 infantry[1] 20,000 cavalry[1] | 35.000[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| unknown | unknown | ||||||
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Great Turkish War
- Central Europe
- Vienna
- Párkány
- 1st Esztergom
- Visegrád
- Vác
- 1st Buda
- Eperjes
- 2nd Esztergom
- Érsekújvár
- Kassa
- 2nd Buda
- Pécs
- Mohács
- Székesfehérvár
- Szigetvár
- Kanizsa
- Balkans
- Virovitica
- Santa Maura
- Vrtijeljka
- Coron
- Navarino
- Modon
- Nauplia
- Patras
- Acropolis of Athens
- Derventa
- 1st Belgrade
- Negroponte
- Kostajnica
- Batočina
- 1st Niš
- Vidin
- Skopje
- Štip
- Kačanik
- Mytilene
- 2nd Niš
- 2nd Belgrade
- Slankamen
- 3rd Belgrade
- Petrovaradin
- Oinousses
- Chios
- Zeytinburnu
- Andros
- Cenei
- Olasch
- Bihać
- Action of 6 July 1697
- Zenta
- Sarajevo
- Samothrace
- Eastern Europe
The Battle of Cenei (1696) took place in the Banat of Temeswar (Timișoara/Temeshvar) between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg Empire. The Ottomans were victorious.[3] The Habsburg army numbered at most 40,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry.[1] The Ottoman army was led by Sultan Mustafa II. The Habsburg troops were led by Frederick August I of Saxony.
References
- ^ a b c d Murphey, Rhoads (1999). Ottoman Warfare 1500–1700. Taylor & Francis. p. 214. ISBN 9780203015971.
- ^ The Siege of Vienna, Holt, Rinehart & Winston p;200 (New York, NY), 1965, new edition, Birlinn (Edinburgh, Scotland)
- ^ Young, William (2004). International Politics And Warfare In The Age Of Louis Xiv And Peter The Great: A Guide To The Historical Literature. iUniverse. p. 439. ISBN 9780595329922.
