Battle of Loznica

The Battle of Loznica (Serbian Cyrillic: бој на Лозници) or Battle of Tičar (бој на Тичару) was fought on 17–18 October 1810 between the Serbian Revolutionaries and the Ottoman Army in Loznica, western Serbia.

Battle of Loznica
Part of First Serbian Uprising
Date 17–18 October 1810 Location Tičar field near Loznica (modern Serbia) Result Serbian victory
Belligerents
Serbian Revolutionaries	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Anta Bogićević Luka Lazarević Jakov Nenadović	Ali-paša Vidajić  †
Strength
1,200	30,000
Casualties and losses
121 dead, 178 wounded	484 dead, 712 wounded.

Around 30,000 Ottoman troops under the command of Ali-paša Vidajić descended the Drina river with boats to the Tičar field near Loznica. The fortified city walls were defended by 1,200 Serb rebels led by local vojvoda Anta Bogićević. Estimating that the defence would be unable to resist, Anta sought aid from Luka Lazarević. Karađorđe, learning of the planned siege, sent a letter to Petar Dobrnjac urging him to send reinforcements as soon as possible. Around 10,000 rebels, of the Šabac and Valjevo nahije under the command of Luka Lazarević and Jakov Nenadović arrived in time.

The fight began in the morning, with two hours of swordfighting, and then shootouts with artillery and rifles, ending after eight hours in a Serbian victory. The Serbs had 121 dead and 178 wounded, while the Ottomans are said to have had three times higher casualties. Cincar-Janko was wounded in the battle. The blind guslar Filip Višnjić, who was present at the battle rallying the troops, wrote an epic poem of the battle, Boj na Loznici, recorded in the Šišatovac monastery in 1815.[1] The battle was one of the most important ones in the First Serbian Uprising.