Battle of Krusi
| Battle of Krusi Beteja e Krusit | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Montenegro | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Jovan Radonjić | Kara Mahmud Pasha † | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 6,500 men | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 132 dead, 237 wounded | 7,000 dead | ||||||
The Battle of Krusi (Albanian: Beteja e Krusit; Serbian: Битка на Крусима, romanized: Bitka na Krusima) was fought on 22 September 1796 between the campaigning army of Ottoman Empire commanded by Kara Mahmud Pasha, the Pasha of Scutari, and tribes of Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro under the command of Metropolitan Petar I Petrović Njegoš and Jovan Radonjić, at Krusi, Lješanska nahija.