Revision as of 00:36, 19 March 2024 edit Docd13 (talk \| contribs) Extended confirmed users 1,317 edits added Category:Battles involving Poland using HotCat Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit ← Previous edit		Revision as of 10:05, 19 April 2024 edit undo Furkanberk52 (talk \| contribs) 35 edits According to most of the modern searches, also more trustful, objective cronics at that time. Ottomans were maximum 30000. Because Sultan rebuilt an army, which is quite bigger than the last one had 40000 soldiers. Tags: Reverted Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Next edit →
Line 17: \| commander2 = [[Hadım Suleiman Pasha (governor of Rumelia)\|Hadım Suleiman Pasha]] \| strength1 = 30,000–40,000 Moldavians<br />5,000 Székelys<br />2,000 Polish<br />1,800 Hungarians<br />20 cannons \| strength2 = ~~60,000–120,000~~30000 Ottomans \| casualties1 = ~5,000 killed and wounded \| casualties2 = ~25000 killed and wounded \| casualties2 = ~40,000 dead<ref name="PilatCristea149">Liviu Pilat and Ovidiu Cristea, ''The Ottoman Threat and Crusading on the Eastern Border of Christendom during Vaslui'', (Brill, 2006), 149.</ref><br>4,000 captured<ref name="PilatCristea149" /> \| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Ottoman-Hungarian War}}<br />{{Campaignbox Moldavian–Ottoman Wars}}<br />{{Campaignbox Polish-Ottoman Wars}} }} The '''Battle of Vaslui''' (also referred to as the '''Battle of Podul Înalt''' or the '''Battle of Racova''') was fought on 10 January 1475, between [[Stephen the Great\|Stephen III of Moldavia]] and the [[Ottoman Empire\|Ottoman]] governor of [[Rumelia Eyalet\|Rumelia]], [[Hadım Suleiman Pasha (governor of Rumelia)\|Hadım Suleiman Pasha]]. The battle took place at Podul Înalt ("the High Bridge"), near the town of [[Vaslui]], in [[Moldavia]] (now part of eastern [[Romania]]). ~~The [[Ottoman Empire\|Ottoman]] troops numbered up to 120,000, facing about 40,000 Moldavian troops, plus smaller numbers of allied and mercenary troops.<ref>~~''Kronika Polska'' mentions 40,000 Moldavian troops; ''Gentis Silesiæ Annales'' mentions 30,000 Ottoman troops and "no more than" 40,000 Moldavian troops; the letter of Stephen addressed to the Christian countries, sent on 25 January 1475, mentions 30,000 Ottoman troops~~; see also ''The Annals of Jan Długosz'', p. 588;</ref>~~ Stephen inflicted a decisive defeat on the Ottomans, with casualties according to [[Venice\|Venetian]] and Polish records reaching beyond 40,000 on the Ottoman side. [[Mara Branković]] (Mara Hatun), the former younger wife of [[Murad II]], told a Venetian envoy that the invasion had been the worst ever defeat for the Ottomans.<ref name="p. 133">''Istoria lui Ştefan cel Mare'', p. 133</ref> Stephen was later awarded the title ''[[Athleta Christi]]'' ("Champion of Christ") by [[Pope Sixtus IV]], who referred to him as {{lang\|la\|"verus christianae fidei athleta"}} ("the true defender of the Christian faith").<ref>''Saint Stephen the Great in his contemporary Europe (Respublica Christiana)'', p. 141</ref>

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