Austro-Turkish War (1663–1664)
| Austro-Turkish War of 1663–1664 | |||||||||
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| Part of the Ottoman–Habsburg wars | |||||||||
Battle of Saint Gotthard | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Piedmont-Savoy | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Raimondo Montecuccoli Nikola Zrinski Jean de Coligny-Saligny Jean-Louis Raduit de Souches | Fazıl Ahmed Pasha | ||||||||
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Habsburg Monarchy/Holy Roman Empire: 82,700 (annual average) France: 6,000 | 100,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 20,000+ |
8,000–10,000 14,000–22,000 | ||||||||
| Thousands of Moravian civilians killed, and at least 40,000 captured and enslaved by the Ottomans | |||||||||
The Sixth Austro-Turkish War, also known as the Austro-Turkish War of 1663–1664, was a short war between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman aim was to resume the advance in central Europe, conquer Vienna and subdue Austria. The Ottomans managed to capture key strongholds, however, the Habsburg army under Raimondo Montecuccoli succeeded in halting the Ottoman army in the Battle of Saint Gotthard.