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Siege of Érsekújvár | |||||||
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Part of Great Turkish War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Holy Roman Empire | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Aeneas de Caprara |
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Strength | |||||||
15,000 [1] | 3,000 [1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3,000 killed [1] |
The siege of Érsekújvár was fought between July 7 and August 17 of 1685, between the besieging Habsburg army and the Ottoman garrison of
Érsekújvár, city in what is today Nové Zámky,
Slovakia (
Turkish: Uyvar).
The Austrian commander,
Aeneas de Caprara, invested the city and stormed it on August 17, slaying the entire Ottoman garrison.
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