Battle of Varvarin

Battle of Varvarin
Part of First Serbian uprising
Date5 September 1810
Location
near Varvarin, Ottoman Empire
present-day Serbia
Result Serbian victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Strength
3,000 men 12,000 men
Casualties and losses
Unknown Very heavy

The Battle of Varvarin (Serbian Cyrillic: Варваринска битка) was fought on 5 September 1810 between Serbian Revolutionary forces supported by Russian troops and Ottoman forces near Varvarin, at the time part of the Ottoman Empire, (today Serbia). During the 10-hour battle, the Turkish army unsuccessfully attacked the Russians and Serbs, but was never able to push them out of their positions, retreating in the evening with heavy casualties.