BATTLE OF MARITSA
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(Redirected from Battle of Marica)
The 'Battle of Maritsa' or 'Battle of Chernomen' (also known as the 'Second Battle of Maritsa') () took place at the Maritsa River near the village of Chernomen (today Ormenio in Greece) on September 26, 1371 between the forces of the Ottoman sultan Murad I's lieutenant Lala Şâhin PaÅŸa and the Serbs (including their Bulgarian allies) numbering some 70,000 men under the command of the Serbian king of Prilep VukaÅ¡in MrnjavÄević and his brother despot UgljeÅ¡a.
Despot Uglješa wanted to make a surprise attack on the Ottomans in their capital city, Edirne, while Murad I was in Asia Minor. The Ottoman army was much smaller, but due to superior tactics (night raid on the allied camp), Şâhin Paşa was able to defeat the Christian army and kill King Vukašin and despot Uglješa. Macedonia and parts of Greece fell under Ottoman power after this battle.
The battle was a part of the Ottoman campaign to conquer the Balkans and was preceded by the Ottoman capturing of Sozopol and succeeded by the capture of the cities of Drama, Kavála and Serrai in modern Greece.
★ Turnbull, Stephen R. ''The Ottoman Empire 1326-1699'', Osprey Publishing, 2003.
★ Stavrianos, L. S. ''The Balkans Since 1453'', C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 2000.
★ Battle of the Maritsa River ''Encyclopædia Britannica''
The 'Battle of Maritsa' or 'Battle of Chernomen' (also known as the 'Second Battle of Maritsa') () took place at the Maritsa River near the village of Chernomen (today Ormenio in Greece) on September 26, 1371 between the forces of the Ottoman sultan Murad I's lieutenant Lala Şâhin PaÅŸa and the Serbs (including their Bulgarian allies) numbering some 70,000 men under the command of the Serbian king of Prilep VukaÅ¡in MrnjavÄević and his brother despot UgljeÅ¡a.
Despot Uglješa wanted to make a surprise attack on the Ottomans in their capital city, Edirne, while Murad I was in Asia Minor. The Ottoman army was much smaller, but due to superior tactics (night raid on the allied camp), Şâhin Paşa was able to defeat the Christian army and kill King Vukašin and despot Uglješa. Macedonia and parts of Greece fell under Ottoman power after this battle.
The battle was a part of the Ottoman campaign to conquer the Balkans and was preceded by the Ottoman capturing of Sozopol and succeeded by the capture of the cities of Drama, Kavála and Serrai in modern Greece.
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References
★ Turnbull, Stephen R. ''The Ottoman Empire 1326-1699'', Osprey Publishing, 2003.
★ Stavrianos, L. S. ''The Balkans Since 1453'', C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 2000.
External links
★ Battle of the Maritsa River ''Encyclopædia Britannica''
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