Battle of Keresztes

Battle of Keresztes
	Part of the Long Turkish War
	; Battle of Keresztes, Ottoman miniature.
Date	24–26 October 1596
Location	Mezőkeresztes, Hungary
Result	Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire; Crimean Khanate;	Holy Roman Empire; Transylvania; Kingdom of Hungary; Papal States; Spain; Walloon and French mercenaries; Serbs; Cossacks; Bohemians; Polish cavalry
Commanders and leaders
Mehmed III; Damat Ibrahim Pasha;	Maximilian III; Sigismund Báthory
Strength
80,000–100,000 men; 100 cannons	40,000–50,000 men; 30–300 cannons 14,000 Austrians, Germans and Walloons; 13,000 Hungarians; 10,000 Transylvanians; 3,000 Reiters; 5,000 Bohemians; Few hundred Cossacks and Poles; Few hundred Italians, French and Serbs;
Casualties and losses
20,000–30,000	23,000

The Battle of Keresztes (also known as the Battle of Mezőkeresztes) (Turkish: Haçova Muharebesi) took place on 24–26 October 1596. It was fought between a combined Habsburg-Transylvanian force and the Ottoman Empire near the village of Mezőkeresztes (Turkish: Haçova) in modern-day northern Hungary. The Ottomans routed the Habsburg-led army but due to their own losses were unable to exploit their victory.