Lower-Sava campaign

Lower-Sava campaign (1445)
Part of the Hungarian–Ottoman Wars
DateFebruary 1445
Location
Sava river, Serbia
Result
  • Hungarian victory
  • The Turkish camp was looted[1]
Belligerents
Kingdom of Hungary Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
John Hunyadi Unknown
Strength
Unknown More than the Hungarians[2]
Casualties and losses
Unknown Heavy[3] or
Entire army killed[4]

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]

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.[5][2]

Battle

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.[4]

Aftermath

After the "battle" which was more like an ambush,[5] 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][4]

References

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

See also

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