Battle of Jajce (1518)

The Battle of Jajce (1518) (Croatian: Bitka kod Jajca) was fought in January 1518 between the Ottoman forces of Husrev Beg, Beylerbey of Bosnia Eyalet, and the Hungarian and Croatian forces led by Croatian Ban Petar Berislavić. The battle was a part of the Croatian–Ottoman wars and Ottoman–Hungarian wars.

Battle of Jajce (1518)
Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe
Ottoman–Croatian Wars

Jajce fortress in 2011.
DateJanuary 1518
Location
Jajce, Banate of Jajce
Bočac and Jezero, Ottoman Empire
Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Croatia
Kingdom of Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Husrev-beg of Bosnia Eyalet Ban Petar Berislavić
Strength
20.000[1] 4.000 cavalry, 6.000 infantry, some Hungarian artillery[1]
Casualties and losses
Light Heavy[1]

Prelude

The fortress of Jajce was built by Hrvoje Vukčić between 1391 and 1404; the fortress consisted of a citadel and a fortified settlement, surrounded by wall with two towers, a gatehouse, and a bastion. The fort fell to the Ottomans in 1463, but was retaken by Matija Korvin on 26 December of the same year. Hungarians fortified Jajce and adjacent castles heavily and made it the seat of a Banovina, a sort of buffer state in former Bosnia for the defense of Hungary and Croatia. Jajce successfully withstood Ottoman attacks in 1464, 1491, 1493, 1501, 1502, 1514, and 1515.[2]

Battle
Banate of Jajce (red) in 1500

After the Battle of Novigrad in 1515, the Ottomans attacked Jajce in vain several times, respecting the growing importance of the city. To relieve the Ottoman pressure, ban Petar Berislavić in January 1518 besieged adjacent Ottoman forts to the north and west of the city, Bočac and Jezero. Christian forces consisted of 4,000 cavalry, 6,000 infantry (mostly from Croatia), and some Hungarian artillery, but their offensive ultimately failed.[1]

Aftermath

Under command of ban Petar Keglević (1521–1525) and captain Mihailo Turek, Jajce successfully repelled three more Ottoman assaults (in 1521, 1524, and 1525), but finally surrendered in 1527, after the battle of Mohacs.[1]

Bibliography
  • Vojna enciklopedija (1970–76), 10 volumes, Vojno izdavački zavod Beograd, book 3, p. 798-799, article Jajce (in Serbo-Croatian)

References
  1. Gažević, Nikola (1974). Vojna enciklopedija (tom 3). Beograd: Vojnoizdavački zavod. p. 799.
  2. Gažević, Nikola (1974). Vojna enciklopedija (tom 3). Beograd: Vojnoizdavački zavod. p. 798.


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