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Battle during the Great Turkish War
Battle of Cenei
Part of Great Turkish War

Sultan Mustafa II dressed in full armour
Date1696
Locationnear Timișoara, Ottoman Empire
Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
 Holy Roman Empire Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Holy Roman Empire Frederick August I, Elector of Saxony Mustafa II
Strength
Total 60,000
40,000 infantry
20,000 cavalry		 35,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown
Great Turkish War
Central Europe
Balkans
Eastern Europe
Ottoman–Habsburg wars
Hungary and the Balkans

Mediterranean

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. The Habsburg army numbered at most 40,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry. The Ottoman army was led by Sultan Mustafa II. The Habsburg troops were led by Frederick August I of Saxony.

References

  1. ^ Murphey, Rhoads (1999). Ottoman Warfare 1500–1700. Taylor & Francis. p. 214. ISBN 9780203015971.
  2. The Siege of Vienna, Holt, Rinehart & Winston p;200 (New York, NY), 1965, new edition, Birlinn (Edinburgh, Scotland)
  3. 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.
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Ottoman victories are in italics.

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