Battle of Eperjes

{{Short description|1685 battle}}

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| conflict = Battle of Prešov

| partof = Great Turkish War

| date = 11 August 1685

| place = Eperjes, Kingdom of Hungary (modern-day Prešov, eastern Slovakia)

| result = Holy Roman Empire victory

| combatant1 = {{flag|Holy Roman Empire}}

| combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Ottoman red flag.svg}} Ottoman Empire

| commander1 = General Schulz

| commander2 = Imre Thököly

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{{Campaignbox Great Turkish War}}

The Battle of Eperjes (present day Prešov, Slovakia) was fought on 11 August 1685 near the city of Eperjes in the Kingdom of Hungary, between the forces of the Ottoman Empire, and the forces of the Habsburg monarchy as part of the Great Turkish War.

The Habsburg army defeated the invading forces of Imre Thököly.{{cite book|title=The Cambridge Modern History|url=http://www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/camenaref/cmh/cmh512.html|volume=V. The Age Of Louis XIV.|chapter=CHAPTER XII. AUSTRIA, POLAND, AND TURKEY.}}