Battle of the Sunja

Battle of Aldi
	Part of Chechen conflict
Date	6 July, 1785
Location	Aldi, Chechnya, North Caucasus
Result	Chechen victory
Belligerents
Chechen fighters	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Sheikh Mansur Ucherman	Colonel De Pieri †
Casualties and losses
	740 killed[1]

The Battle of Sunja (or Aldi) was a battle between the Russian Empire and Chechen forces of Sheikh Mansur in 1785. The Russian troops under command of Colonel De Pieri were surrounded and defeated by the forces of Sheikh Mansur. De Pieri and 740 Russians and Cossacks were killed, with 162 more taken captive, several hundred injured and the remainder of the Russian forces fleeing through the woods, chased by Chechen fighters.[2]^:57

References

The North Caucasus Barrier: The Russian Advance Towards the Muslim World, Abdurakhman Avtorkhanov, Marie Broxup, page 3 , 1992
Robert W. Schaefer (2010). The Insurgency in Chechnya and the North Caucasus: From Gazavat to Jihad. ABC-CLIO.

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[1] The North Caucasus Barrier: The Russian Advance Towards the Muslim World, Abdurakhman Avtorkhanov, Marie Broxup, page 3 , 1992

[Schaefer-2] Robert W. Schaefer (2010). The Insurgency in Chechnya and the North Caucasus: From Gazavat to Jihad. ABC-CLIO.