battle of Slunj

{{Short description|1584 battle}}

{{Infobox military conflict

|image=Battle of Slunj 1584.jpg

|caption=Depiction of the battle by Wilhelm Peter Zimmermann, published in 1603

|conflict=Battle of Slunj

|partof=the Ottoman wars in Europe
Ottoman–Croatian Wars

|date=26 October 1584

|place=Slunj, Kingdom of Croatia, Habsburg monarchy

|result=Croatian victory

|territory=

|combatant1=Ottoman Empire

|combatant2=Habsburg monarchy

• Kingdom of Croatia

|commander1=Ferhad Pasha Sokolović

|commander2=Jobst Joseph von Thurn
Tamás Erdődy

|strength1=8,400 cavalry
600 infantry

|strength2=1,330 cavalry
700 infantry

|casualties1=2,000{{cite book|last=Mažuran|first=Ive|author-link=Ive Mažuran|title=Povijest Hrvatske od 15. stoljeća do 18. stoljeća|trans-title=History of Croatia from the 15th to the 18th century|year=1998|language=hr|publisher=Golden marketing|location=Zagreb|page=138}}

–4,000{{cite book|last=Klaić|first=Vjekoslav|author-link=Vjekoslav Klaić|title=Povijest Hrvata od najstarijih vremena do svršetka XIX. stoljeća|trans-title=History of Croats from the earliest times to end of 19th century|year=1973|language=hr|volume=5|publisher=Nakladni zavod Matice hrvatske|location=Zagreb|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zp0DAAAAMAAJ|page=447}} killed

|casualties2=Unknown

}}

{{Campaignbox Ottoman–Croatian Wars}}

The Battle of Slunj ({{langx|hr|Bitka kod Slunja}}) was fought on 26 October 1584 between the Ottoman forces of the Bosnian Beglerbeg, Ferhad Pasha Sokolović, and Germanic and Croatian forces led by Jobst Joseph von Thurn and Tamás Erdődy, the Ban of Croatia, that ambushed the Ottoman Army stationed near the town of Slunj. The battle was a part of the Croatian–Ottoman wars and Ottoman–Habsburg wars between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg monarchy. Ottoman troops were estimated at between 8-10,000 men, and the army of Thurn and Erdödy consisted of 1,330 cavalry and 700 infantry. The battle resulted in a crushing defeat for the Ottoman forces.