Battle of Strassnitz
| Battle of Strassnitz | |||||||
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| Part of Rákóczi's War of Independence | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Kurucs | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Pierre Joseph de Viard Sigbert Heister |
Laurinc Pekri Lázsló Ocskay Babocsay | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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3,000 riders and infantrymen 2,500 Moravian militiamen 5,000 Cuirassiers |
6-10,000 riders and infantrymen 4 artillery | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Heavy | ||||||
Battle of Strassnitz was a battle between Kuruc army under command of general Laurinc Pekir and Imperial army under command of general Siegbert Heister and Pierre Joseph de Viard during so called Rákóczi's War of Independence and Kuruc raid into eastern Moravia in summer 1708. It happenend on 27- 28 July 1708 Near the municipalities of Sudoměřice, Petrov and cities of Skalica and Strážnice on former moravian-hungarian border and ended in tactical defeat and forced retreat of kurucs from direction of Moravia to Upper Hungary. clash foreshadowed essential failure of insurgent troops in Battle of Trenčín a few days later.