Battle of Varvarin

Battle of Varvarin
	Part of First Serbian uprising
Date	5 September 1810
Location	near Varvarin, Ottoman Empire; present-day Serbia
Result	Serbian victory
Belligerents
Revolutionary Serbia;	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Karađorđe; Hajduk Veljko; Jovan Kursula; Joseph O'Rourke;	Khurshid Pasha;
Strength
3,000 men	12,000 men

The Battle of Varvarin (Serbian Cyrillic: Варваринска битка) was fought on 5 September 1810 between Serbian Revolutionary forces supported by Russian troops and Ottoman forces near Varvarin, at the time part of the Ottoman Empire, (today Serbia). During the 10-hour battle, the Turkish army unsuccessfully attacked the Russians and Serbs, but was never able to push them out of their positions, retreating in the evening with heavy casualties.

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