Battle of Mišar

Battle of Mišar
Part of First Serbian uprising
Date 12–15 August 1806 Location Mišar, Serbia Result Decisive Serbian victory[citation needed]
Belligerents
Serbian revolutionaries	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Karađorđe Petrović Jakov Nenadovic	Sulejman Paşa Mehmed-beg Kulenović of Zvornik
Strength
6,000 - 9,500 men[citation needed]	50,000 - 80,000 men[citation needed]
Casualties and losses
relatively low[citation needed]	1,172 per initial Austrian report; up to 3,000 per later reports[citation needed]

The Battle of Mišar took place from 12 to 15 August 1806, with a Serbian victory over the Ottomans. Much of the Ottoman commanding core was killed during the battle.^{[citation needed]}

The fighting began on Misar Hill, with an opening charge of the Turkish Sipahi Cavalry followed by a charge of their infantry units led by the Bosniak kapetan Mehmed-beg Kulenović of Zvornik. The Serbian sharpshooters and gunners mowed down the first line of cavalry and panic struck the Turkish lines when the horsemen retreated into the infantry led by Mehmed-beg Kulenović of Zvornik. However, the Ottomans soon regrouped and engaged the Serbian infantry. Then, Karađorđe Petrović signaled for the charge of the Serbian Cavalry from the opposite ends to and defeated the Ottomans on the field.

Although the war ended in defeat kapetan Mehmed-beg Kulenović of Zvornik and his Bosniak forces kept fighting the Serbian rebels inside the district of Zvornik and was killed in his efforts to drive the forces of Karađorđe Petrović out of Bosnia Eyalet.

Aftermath

The battle forced the Turks into retreat and provided a significant military and morale victory for the Serbian revolutionaries.^{[citation needed]}

Battle of Mišar, painting by Afanasij Šeloumov