Zenta, Battle of
1697 CE
The Battle of Zenta or Battle of Senta, fought on September 11, 1697 just south of Zenta (Serbian: Senta; then part of the Ottoman Empire; today in Serbia), on the east side of the Tisza river, is a major engagement in the Great Turkish War (1683–1699) and one of the most decisive defeats in Ottoman history.
In a surprise attack, Habsburg Imperial forces rout the Ottoman army, which is in the process of crossing the river.
At the cost of a few hundred losses, the assailants inflict 30,000 casualties on the Ottomans, disperse the remainder and capture the Ottoman treasure.
As an immediate consequence, the Ottoman Empire loses control over Bosnia, while in the long run, the Habsburg victory at Zenta is the last decisive step to force the Ottoman Empire into the Treaty of Karlowitz (1699), ending the Ottoman control of large parts of Central Europe.
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Ottoman sultan Mustafa II, determined to regain territories lost after the unsuccessful attempt to take Vienna in 1683, leads a large expedition northward in the late summer of 1697.
When the Ottoman army marches from Belgrade to invade Hungary, ...
...an Imperial army under Prince Eugene of Savoy advances and attacks it as it is crossing the Tisza River at Senta (Zenta) on September 11, 1697.
Panic strikes the Ottoman forces and mutinous Janissaries kill the grand vizier on the battlefield; the Ottomans lose all their artillery as well as the sultan's treasure box to the Austrians.
Mustafa, who faces desertion by his ally France and has already lost Azov to Russia, is compelled to sue for peace.