Relief of Cetingrad

Relief of Cetingrad
Part of the Croatian–Ottoman wars and Ottoman–Habsburg wars
contemporary image of the battlefield
Date 22 June – 20 July 1790 Location Cetingrad, Kingdom of Croatia in the Habsburg Monarchy (temporarily occupied by the Ottoman Empire) Result Habsburg victory
Belligerents
Habsburg Monarchy Kingdom of Croatia	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Joseph Nikolaus Freiherr de Vins, feldzeugmeister Christoph Andreas von Wallisch, lieutenant field marshal Daniel von Peharnik-Hotkovich, major general Antun Pejačević, colonel	Osman Gradaščević, Governor of Bosnia Ali-Bey Beširević, Dizdar-Agha
Strength
~ 4,000	1,000–2,000
Casualties and losses
~ 300	~ 1,000

The liberation of Cetingrad (Croatian: Oslobođenje Cetingrada)^[1] was a military conflict between the Croatian Corps of the Habsburg monarchy's army, led by Feldzeugmeister Joseph Nikolaus Baron de Vins, and the Ottoman army, led by Dizdar-Agha Ali-Bey Beširević (under higher command of Osman Gradaščević, Governor of Bosnia), dealing with possession of Cetin Castle and its surrounding area,^[2] in central Croatia (at the time occupied by the Ottoman Empire, forming the so-called Ottoman Croatia).^[3] The conflict was part of a military campaign within the Austro-Turkish War (1788–1791). Habsburg forces besieged the castle between 22 June and 20 July 1790, and, after almost a month, the operation ended victoriously for the Habsburg troops. Cetingrad, an important stronghold in the Croatian Military Frontier that had fallen into the hands of the Ottoman conquerors in the 16th century again became part of the Kingdom of Croatia.