!!!Zenta

Zenta (Senta, Yugoslavia), Battle of: On September 9, 1697 the 
Imperial Army led by Prince Eugène attacked an Ottoman army, 
led by Sultan Mustafa II, as it was crossing the Tisza River on a 
pontoon bridge. The Turks suffered a devastating defeat, 25,000 of 
them are said to have been killed, compared to only 430 dead and 1,600 
wounded Austrian soldiers. This first major victory by Prince 
Eugène was an important step in the course of the  Turkish Wars 
before the Peace of  Carlowitz was concluded.

!Literature
Prinz Eugen und das barocke Oesterreich, exhibition 
catalogue, Schlosshof und Niederweiden, 1986.


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