Battle of Vučji Do

Battle of Vučji Do
	Part of Montenegrin–Ottoman War (1876–78); Herzegovina Uprising (1875–78);
	; From the illustrative magazine Orao (1877)
Date	18 July 1876
Location	Vučji Do, Montenegro
Result	Decisive Montenegrin-Herzegovinian victory
Belligerents
Montenegro; Herzegovinian rebels ; Supported by; Russian Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Prince Nikola I; Petar Vukotić; Simo Baćović ; Anto Daković	Ahmed Muhtar Pasha; Osman Nuri Pasha (POW)
Strength
14,000:; 17 Montenegrin battalions; 11 Herzegovinian battalions; 4 cannons	45,000:; 24 battalions; 12 cannons
Casualties and losses
700 killed, 118 wounded	4,000 killed and wounded

The Battle of Vučji Do (Serbian: Битка код Вучјег дола, romanized: Bitka kod Vučjeg dola) was a major battle of the Montenegrin-Ottoman War of 1876-78 that took place on 18 July 1876 in Vučji Do, Montenegro, fought between the combined forces of Montenegrin and Eastern Herzegovinian tribes (battalions) against the Ottoman Army under Grand Vizier Ahmed Muhtar Pasha. The Montenegrin-Herzegovinian forces heavily defeated the Ottomans, and managed to capture two of their commanders. In addition, they captured a large consignment of armaments.

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