Battle of Zernest
The Battle of Zernest was fought on 11 August 1690, near the town of Zernest in southeastern Transylvania (today Zărnești, in Romania), between the allied forces of Transylvania and the Holy Roman Empire, and the allied forces of the Ottoman Empire, Tatar allies, Wallachians, and Hungarian Kurucs.
| Battle of Zernest | |||||||
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| Part of Great Turkish War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Holy Roman Empire Transylvania |
Hungarian Kurucs Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Wallachia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Donat Heissler (POW) Mihály Teleki † |
Imre Thököly Constantin Brâncoveanu Cerkes Ahmed Paşa † Ghazi Garay | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2,000 Imperial cavalrymen and 7,000 Transylvanians | 16,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1,800 Imperials killed, wounded or prisoner | 300 | ||||||
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