Battle of Măcin

The Battle of Măcin, Battle of Maçin, Battle of Matchin or Battle of Matschin[2] was a battle of the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) fought on 9 July 1791 between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire. The Russian army of 30,000 was commanded by Prince Nicholas Repnin, whereas the Turks, numbering about 80,000 men, were led by Koca Yusuf Pasha.

Battle of Măcin
Part of the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)
Date9 July 1791
Location
Măcin, present-day Romania
45°14′44″N 28°7′23″E
Result Russian victory[1][2]
Belligerents
Russian Empire Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Nicholas Repnin
Mikhail Kutuzov		 Koca Yusuf Pasha
Strength
30,000[3]-36,000[2] 64,000[2]-80,000[3][4]
Casualties and losses
141 killed
300 wounded[3][5] Total:1,000[2]		 4,000 killed[2]
35 cannons
[3][4]

Battle

At first, the victory was in doubt, but then the Turkish army was vanquished by a charge of the Russian left, under Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, and started retreating in disorder.[4]

Notes
  1. "War and Peace", Virginia Aksan, The Cambridge History of Turkey, Vol. 3, ed. Suraiya Faroqhi, (Cambridge University Press, 2006), 103.
  2. Bodart 1908, p. 268.
  3. Сражение при Мачине (современный Мэчин, Măcin, Maçin) 28 июня 1791 г.
  4. Петров А. Н. Вторая турецкая война в царствование императрицы Екатерины II. 1787-1791 гг. Т. II. СПб. 1880. С. 223
  5. Петров А. Н. Вторая турецкая война в царствование императрицы Екатерины II. 1787-1791 гг. Т. II. СПб. 1880. С. 224

References
  • Bodart, Gaston (1908). Militär-historisches Kriegs-Lexikon (1618-1905) (in German). Retrieved 24 July 2021.


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