Battle of Slankamen

Battle of Slankamen
	Part of Great Turkish War
	; Battle of Slankamen by Friedrich Kaiser
Date	19 August 1691
Location	Slankamen (40 miles north of Belgrade), Sanjak of Syrmia, Ottoman Empire (before Ottoman invasion part of Hungary, today Serbia)45°08′23.64″N 20°15′35.64″E / 45.1399000°N 20.2599000°E
Result	Imperial victory; Imperial conquest of most of Croatia;
Belligerents
Holy Roman Empire Habsburg Croatia; Serbian Militia; ;	Ottoman Empire; Kuruc rebels;
Commanders and leaders
Ludwig Wilhelm; Adam Zrinski †; Jovan Monasterlija	Mustafa Köprülü †; Emeric Thököly;
Strength
20,000–33,000 men; 90 guns;	50,000 men; 158 guns;
Casualties and losses
7,300	25,000

The Battle of Slankamen was fought on 19 August 1691, near Slankamen in the Ottoman Sanjak of Syrmia (modern-day Vojvodina, Serbia), between the Ottoman Empire, and Habsburg Austrian forces during the Great Turkish War.

The battle saw a Turkish-Transylvanian force led by Emeric Thököly and Mustafa Köprülü suffer an overwhelming defeat by an Imperial army commanded by Ludwig Wilhelm of Baden. The Grand Vizir Mustafa Köprülü was killed by a stray bullet and the Ottoman army routed, leaving behind the war chest and their artillery. The battle was disastrous for the Turks and costly for the Austrians. The victory stabilized the Hungarian front and secured Hungary, Croatia and Transylvania for the Habsburgs.