Battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg monarchy in October 1595, part of the Long War
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Battle of Giurgiu
Part of the Long Turkish War and Ottoman-Wallachian wars
The battle as depicted by Theodor Aman
Date
27–30 October 1595
Location
Giurgiu
Result
Transylvanian–Wallachian victory
Belligerents
Transylvania Wallachia Moldavia Holy Roman Empire
Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Stephen Bocskay Michael the Brave Sigismund Báthory Ștefan Răzvan
Sinan Pasha
Strength
50,000–51,000[citation needed]
37,000–38,000 Transylvanians
8,000 Wallachians[1]
3,000 Moldavians
1,500 Austrian mercenaries
300 Italian knights[2][3]
c. 40,000 (October 1595)
Casualties and losses
Unknown, thousands
5,000–10,000 killed, 2 ships sunk
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Long Turkish War
Sisak
Veszprém
1st Tata
1st Székesfehérvár
Romhány
Banat
1st Győr
Călugăreni
Giurgiu
Klis
1st Esztergom
Brest
Eger
Keresztes
Herzegovina
2nd Tata
2nd Győr
1st Buda
Șelimbăr
Kanizsa
Mirăslău
Guruslău
2nd Székesfehérvár
3rd Székesfehérvár
2nd Buda
Brașov
3rd Buda
Bocskai uprising
2nd Esztergom
The Battle of Giurgiu took place on 27–30 October 1595.[4] It was part of the Long Turkish War (1593–1606), a border conflict between the Christian powers and the Ottoman Empire over Balkan territories.[5]
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