Lower-Sava campaign

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Lower-Sava campaign (1445)
Part of Ottoman wars in Europe and Hungarian–Ottoman Wars
DateFebruary 1445
Location
Sava river, Serbia
Result
  • Hungarian victory
  • The Turkish camp was looted [1]
Belligerents
Flag of Hungary (15th century).svg Kingdom of Hungary Ottoman red flag.svg Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
John Hunyadi Unknown
Strength
Unknown More than the Hungarians [2]
Casualties and losses
Unknown Heavy [3]

The Lower-Sava campaign was a 1445 night-time attack by John Hunyadi in the lower parts of the Sava river on a Turkish raiding force. [3]

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Background

After the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Varna, Sultan Murad II launched a raiding force deep into Serbian territory. When John Hunyadi found out about this, he quickly assembled an army of his own in order to deal with the threat. [4] [2]

Battle

Ottoman Campaigns of John Hunyadi, 1440-1456 Anti-Ottoman Campaigns of John Hunyadi.svg
Ottoman Campaigns of John Hunyadi, 1440–1456

Hunyadi made camp right in front of the Ottoman army who had their own camp near the river side 1 mile away from Belgrade. [1] Hunyadi silently approached the Ottoman's camp and began to slaughter every single soldier in sight. Some sources state that a few Ottomans had managed to escape [3] while other sources say that the Ottomans were cut down to the last men. [5]

Aftermath

After the "battle" which was more like an ambush, [4] Hunyadi had no time to return home since the Counts of Celje had made some incursions into the Kingdom of Croatia which was in a personal union with Hungary at the time. [1] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Heltai, Gáspár (1575). Krónika az magyaroknak viselt dolgairól (in Hungarian) – via MEK.
  2. 1 2 Péczely, József (1837). A Magyarok történetei (in Hungarian). Vol. 2. Debrecen. pp. 209–210 – via Internet Archive.
  3. 1 2 3 Bánlaky, József. "Az 1445. évi alsó-szávai hadjárat". A magyar nemzet hadtörténelme (in Hungarian). Budapest: Grill Károly Könyvkiadó Vállalat – via MEK.
  4. 1 2 Pór, Antal (19 August 1873). Hunyadi János (in Hungarian). Budapest: A Szent István-Társulat. pp. 114–115 – via Internet Archive.
  5. 1 2 Czuczor, Gergely (1832). Hunyadi János viselt dolgai (in Hungarian). Buda: A Magyar Királyi Egyetem – via Internet Archive.

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