Battle of Rassowa

Battle of Rassowa
	Part of the Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)
	; Battleplan
Date	16 September 1809
Location	Rassowa, or Rassevat, Bulgaria
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Pyotr Bagration; Mikhail Miloradovich	Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha
Strength
18,000 ; 45 guns	12,000
Casualties and losses
200 (mainly Cossacks)	4,000 killed ; 1,000 captured ; 30 banners ; 7 guns

The Battle of Rassowa/Rassevat was fought during the Russo-Turkish War of 1806–1812 on September 16, 1809.^[b] In it, Pyotr Bagration's Russian troops defeated the Turkish troops of Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha at the place of Rassowa.^[2]^[3]

In Cernavodă, where Bagration arrived on September 14,^[c] reconnaissance was carried out. Acting according to Bagration's plan, Mikhail Miloradovich's corps launched a frontal attack, while Matvei Platov's corps cut off Hüsrev Pasha's escape route to Silistria. The Russian victory was complete.^[2]

References

^ Old Style: 4 September
^ Old Style: 4 September
^ Old Style: 2 September

^ ^a ^b ^c Рассеват // Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона : в 86 т. (82 т. и 4 доп.). — СПб., 1890—1907.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Петров, А. Н. Война России с Турцией 1806-1812 гг. Том II. стр. 354—359
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911), "Bagration, Peter, Prince" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 3 (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press, pp. 206–207

[1] Old Style: 4 September

[4] Old Style: 4 September

[6] Old Style: 2 September

[efron-2] Рассеват // Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона : в 86 т. (82 т. и 4 доп.). — СПб., 1890—1907.

[petrov-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Петров, А. Н. Война России с Турцией 1806-1812 гг. Том II. стр. 354—359

[5] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911), "Bagration, Peter, Prince" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 3 (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press, pp. 206–207

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