When the Hungarians won the battle of Mohács

Everyone thinks of the battle of Mohács as one of the greatest tragedies in Hungarian history, and only a few people know that one battle was actually won near Mohács, at Nagyharsány. The generals have spent the night after the victory in Suleiman’s tent which had fourteen ornate towers. Vilagszam.hu wrote about the battle that took place 150 years after Mohács.

The battle which decided the fate of Transdanubia and liberated the region – except for Székesfehérvár, Szigetvár, and Kanizsa – took place near Nagyharsány on 12 August 1687 between the Christian army and the Turkish army.

The soldiers stood about 60-70 foot from each other, and the battle started with gunfire at 5pm. Although the Turks had the upper hand in the beginning, the Hungarian cavalry soon caught up and the enemy had no choice but to retreat. As soon as they reached the middle of the Turkish army, the infantry also started to push forward. The Hungarians easily fought off the right wing of the army, but a bloody battle unfolded at the Karasica brook with the left wing. The allied cavalry infiltrated the Turks and seized the enemy’s gun-sites which strategically had great importance.

The Ottoman army split up, and the soldiers ran for their lives. Most of them was killed or captured, and thousands of them tried to hide near the Karasica brook in the swamps; they were either killed by the Hungarian army or were swallowed by the mud.