The Battle of Deligrad ( Serb. Cueca on Deligrad ) - the battle of the Serbian rebel forces under the command of Karageorgii against the Turkish government forces at the village of Deligrad on September 3, 1806.
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| Main Conflict: First Serbian Uprising | |||
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| date | September 3, 1806 | ||
| A place | Deligrad , Aleksinac community | ||
| Total | victory of the Serbian rebels | ||
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Background
In 1804, in response to the brutality of the Turkish Janissaries, Serbs led by Karageorgii rebelled against the Ottoman Empire and proclaimed an independent Serbian state. The Ottoman Sultan Selim III sent military forces to pacify the rebels. Serbian rebels managed to defeat them at the battle of Mishar a month earlier. September 3, 1806 near Deligrad there was a new battle between the main forces of the parties to the conflict.
Battle Progress
Serbian rebels divided their forces into four detachments: the first, a detachment of the right flank of 6,000 men headed by Mladen Milovanovic, the second, left-flank, also of 6,000 men headed by Milenko Stojkovic. The central detachment of 18,000 people is located on Kunovachi Hill. The reserve detachment was 4,500 people. Stane Glavash led an elite cavalry detachment whose task was to exhaust the enemy. Serbian artillery was led by Tom Milinovic [1] .
The Turkish army numbered 55,000, not counting the auxiliary Janissaries. She was led by the Albanian Pasha of the city of Shkodra Ibrahim Pasha Bushati [1] .
For several hours, Serbian forces kept their positions from enemy attacks, then went on the offensive, displacing the Turks from their positions and capturing 9 enemy cannons. Glavash’s detachment succeeded in dividing the enemy army into two parts, then one of the units was defeated by Milovanovic’s troops, after which the Ottoman army was forced to retreat [2] .
To avoid a final defeat, Bushati was forced to conclude a truce with the Serbs for 6 weeks.
Summary
The defeat of the Ottoman army at Deligrad and Mishar forced the Ottoman government to negotiate with Serbian rebels through the mediation of Russia and Austria . The result of the agreement concluded by the parties was the granting of forgiveness to all participants in the uprising, the readiness to affirm Serbian autonomy and recognize the title of Prince of Serbia. Also, the Serbs were obliged to pay the annual royal duty in the amount of 722,500 gold coins [3] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 The Old Chapter. Miladin Stevanovich, Book-Commerce, Belgrade. 2005. 2004. ISBN 978-86-7712-065-8
- ↑ Epic cities - Deligrad (Bosnian)
- ↑ Milichevich-Pomenik, Nikolic - The rebel movement in Drini 1804-1813
Links
- S. Chirkovich. - Serbs among European nations. Belgrade, Equilibrium, 2004. (Serb.)