Battle of Rassowa

Battle of Rassowa
Part of the Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)

Battleplan
Date16 September[a] 1809
Location
Rassowa, or Rassevat, Bulgaria
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Pyotr Bagration
Mikhail Miloradovich
Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha
Strength
18,000[1]
45 guns[1]
12,000[2][1]
Casualties and losses
200 (mainly Cossacks)[2] 4,000 killed[2]
1,000 captured[2]
30 banners[2]
7 guns[2]

The Battle of Rassowa/Rassevat was fought during the Russo-Turkish War of 1806–1812 on September 16, 1809.[b] In it, Pyotr Bagration's Russian troops defeated the Turkish troops of Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha at the place of Rassowa.[2][3]

In Cernavodă, where Bagration arrived on September 14,[c] reconnaissance was carried out. Acting according to Bagration's plan, Mikhail Miloradovich's corps launched a frontal attack, while Matvei Platov's corps cut off Hüsrev Pasha's escape route to Silistria. The Russian victory was complete.[2]

References

  1. ^ Old Style: 4 September
  2. ^ Old Style: 4 September
  3. ^ Old Style: 2 September
  1. ^ a b c Рассеват // Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона : в 86 т. (82 т. и 4 доп.). — СПб., 1890—1907.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Петров, А. Н. Война России с Турцией 1806-1812 гг. Том II. стр. 354—359
  3. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911), "Bagration, Peter, Prince" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 3 (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press, pp. 206–207