Battle of Mišar

Battle of Mišar
	Part of First Serbian uprising
	; The Battle of Mišar; by Afanasij Scheloumoff
Date	13–15 August 1806
Location	Mišar; Ottoman Empire (now Serbia); 44.7292°N 19.7608°E
Result	Serbian victory
Belligerents
Revolutionary Serbia;	Ottoman Empire Bosnian militia; Yamaks;
Commanders and leaders
Karađorđe; Jakov Nenadović;	Sulejman-paša Skopljak; Mehmed-beg Kulenović †; Sinan-paša Sijerčić †;
Strength
7,000 infantry 2,000 cavalry 5 cannons	40,000
Casualties and losses
around 500	Over 6,000 killed

The Battle of Mišar (Serbian: бој на Мишару) was fought between Serbian revolutionaries and an Ottoman army, it took place from 13 to 15 August 1806 during the First Serbian Uprising. After repulsing an Ottoman force at Ivanovac the Serbian insurgents under Karađorđe took strong position, entrenched in sconces on the field of Mišar Hill, near Šabac west of Belgrade. For two consecutive days they faced costly assault by an Ottoman Army and its Bosnian allies. On the third day, the Serbian cavalry attacked and defeated the Ottomans, the insurgents then conquered the citadels of Šabac and Belgrade.

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