Battle of Párkány
The Battle of Párkány (Turkish: Ciğerdelen Savaşı) was fought between October 7–9, 1683 in the town of Párkány (today: Štúrovo), in the Ottoman Empire, and the area surrounding it as part of the Polish-Ottoman War and the Great Turkish War. The battle was fought in two stages. In the first stage Polish troops under John III Sobieski were defeated by the Ottoman army under Kara Mehmed Pasha on October 7, 1683. In the second stage Sobieski, supported by Austrian forces under Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, defeated the Ottoman forces, which were supported by the troops of Imre Thököly, and gained control of Párkány on October 9, 1683. After the Ottoman defeat, the Austrians would besiege Esztergom and captured it at the end of 1683.
| Battle of Párkány | |||||||||
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| Part of Polish–Ottoman War (1683-1699) Great Turkish War | |||||||||
John III of Poland at the Battle of Párkány in 1683 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Holy Roman Empire |
Ottoman Empire Principality of Upper Hungary | ||||||||
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John III Sobieski Charles V, Duke of Lorraine Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg Ludwig Wilhelm, Margrave of Baden-Baden Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski |
Kara Mehmed Pasha Kara Mustafa Pasha Imre Thököly | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 27,000 troops |
17,000 troops 1,000 Janissary | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 1,000 killed | 9,000 killed or captured | ||||||||
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