Battle of Trenčín

Battle of Trenčín
	Part of the Rákóczi's War of Independence
	; Memorial of the Battle of Trenčín
Date	3 August 1708
Location	near the villages of Turna, Szoblaho and Lehota, Kingdom of Hungary (now Trenčianska Turná, Soblahov, Mníchova Lehota, Slovakia)48°51′24.055″N 18°0′39.798″E
Result	Habsburg victory
Belligerents
Kuruc Army of Francis II Rákóczi ; House of Benyovszky ; House of Revay ; French auxiliaries	Habsburg Imperial Army; Serbs from Délvidék ; House of Ocskay
Commanders and leaders
Francis II Rákóczi; Antoine de La Motte ; Lőrinc Pekry	Sigbert Heister ; János Pálffy
Strength
15,000 infantry and cavalrymen, 12 cannons	around 5,000 infantry and cavalrymen, 3,000 Serbian valiant
Casualties and losses
3,000 dead or wounded, 500 POW ; 12 cannons captured	200 dead or wounded
	Location within Slovakia Battle of Trenčín (Europe)

The Battle of Trenčín or Battle of Trencsén (German: Schlacht bei Trentschin, Hungarian: Trencséni csata, Slovak: Bitka pri Trenčíne) was fought between the Hungarian Kuruc forces of Francis II Rákóczi and the Imperial Army of the Habsburgs. It was part of Rákóczi's eight-year-long War of Independence.

The battle caused great losses for the Kuruc army, forcing them to give up their plans of obtaining allies in the War of the Spanish Succession against the Habsburgs. The battle also meant that the Habsburgs maintained their positions as the Kings of Hungary.

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