Battle of Brest (1592)

Battle of Brest
Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe
Ottoman–Croatian Wars
Date19 July 1592
LocationBrest, Kingdom of Croatia, Habsburg Monarchy
Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Croatia
Commanders and leaders
Telli Hasan Pasha Thomas Erdődy
Kristofor Peuchel
Strength
7-8,000 soldiers 3,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
600 killed

The Battle of Brest (Croatian: Bitka kod Bresta) was fought on 19 July 1592 between the Ottoman forces of Hasan Pasha Predojević, Beglerbeg of Bosnia, and the Germanic and Croatian forces led by Thomas Erdődy, Ban of Croatia. The battle was a part of the Croatian–Ottoman wars and Ottoman–Habsburg wars between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy.

The Ottoman forces were about 7,000-8,000 men, and Erdödy's army consisted of 1,600 infantry and 400 cavalry from Styria, 500 men arrived under Erdödy's command, and an unknown number (several hundred) of peasants from Croatia. In total, the forces gathered at Erdödy's camp were about 3,000 men. Predojević arrived near by Brest with the bulk of his army on 18/19 July at night, and on 19 July he separated his forces in order to attack. Croatian forces were crushed, defeated and fled away from the battlefield. The Ottomans then attacked the Styrian forces and defeated them as well.

Following these successes, the Ottomans began to siege the Sisak's fortress.

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