Battle of Mišar [SEP] end time
Battle of Mišar
The Battle of Mišar () took place from 12 to 15 August 1806, with a Serbian victory over the Ottomans. For months the Serbian insurgents remained entrenched in sconces on the field of Mišar Hill as a pitched battle itself seemed suicidal from the Serbian standpoint since their army of 8,000 men stood against an Ottoman force some 40,000 strong.
Prelude.
The Ottoman army made its way towards occupied Belgrade. Karađorđe came to Mišar, and made his plans with the rest of the Serbian commanders. Karađorđe
quickly became a local hero, feared by the Turks.
At the end of July 1806, the Vizier with 45,000 soldiers dispatched from Šabac heading for Belgrade. At the same time, Karađorđe had left the Morava with 8–9,000 soldiers and awaited the Ottoman force on the field of Mišar. The Serb rebels destroyed the Ottomans in the battle; the decimated Ottoman troops were forced to retreat to Šabac, from where they would leave for Bosnia. Čupić, who participated in the battle, hurried to Mačva to intercept the fleeing Ottoman