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Editor says, what if Michael the Brave had fallen? Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s). This story was published in the August 2012 edition of Changing the Times Magazine.
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In 1595, greatly outnumbered by a ratio of 10:1, a small Wallachian force of Janissaries led by Michael the Brave (pictured) was annihilated by Sinan Pasha's Ottoman army at the Battle of Călugăreni.
Famous Ottoman victory at the Battle of CălugăreniUnfortunately for the defenders, Ottoman spies had sighted their twelve large field cannons, also observing that the strategic positioning of forces near in a swampy field near Neajlov River would negate their military superiority. Instead of attacking with forty thousand men, Sinan Pasha summoned his full force and also attacked from the rear, neutralising the artillery and the massed Janissaries.
The defeat was a huge setback in the border conflict between the Habsburg and Ottoman Empires. Robbed of Wallachian support, Prince Sigismund Báthory of Transylvania and the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II would be left to deal with the defence of the Habsburg territories.
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Permalinks: Post, Day. Browse Thread: Generals Source: Wikipedia Labels: Michael the Brave, Sinan Pasha, Ottoman, Wallachian, Romania. Editor says, in reality the battle was a Wallachian tactical victory. In authoring this post, we have repurposed content from Wikipedia.
~ If the Ottomans could follow up, they might take that much more territory in Eastern Europe. Then again, religious differences made it so difficult to hold anything. It could result in an eastern settlement of Muslims like we'd see in Albania a little farther west.
~ Did the spies "sight" or "site" the cannons? If they "sited" them, how did they know just where to place them? "Sighted" - fixed, thanks, Ed.
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