Battle of Čačak (1805)

Battle of Čačak
Part of the First Serbian Uprising

Illustration of Čačak in 1860
Date5 April 1805
Location
Result Serbian victory
Territorial
changes
Čačak in rebel hands
Belligerents
Revolutionary Serbia Dahije
Commanders and leaders
Lazar Mutap
Milić Drinčić
Sali-aga
Units involved
Rudnik and Čačak nahiyas Janissaries
Čačak deli and local soldiers
Strength
350 Far more
Casualties and losses
Lesser Greater

The Battle of Čačak was undertaken by the Serbian rebel army detachments led by Lazar Mutap and Milić Drinčić against the town of Čačak, in the hands of the Dahije (renegade Janissaries). Čačak was situated in the frontier of rebel territory and serving as an entrance point to Šumadija. Although numerically superior, the Turks failed in an attack on the Serb trench and in the Serb siege fled the town in the night after being fiercely attacked.