Battle of Keresztes

Battle of Keresztes
	Part of the Long Turkish War
	; Mehmed III leading his troops at the battle of Keresztes, Ottoman miniature.
Date	24–26 October 1596
Location	Mezőkeresztes, Hungary
Result	Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire; Crimean Khanate;	Habsburg monarchy; Holy Roman Empire; Transylvania; Kingdom of Hungary; Kingdom of Bohemia; Papal States; Spain; Walloon and French mercenaries; Serbs; Cossacks; Polish cavalry
Commanders and leaders
Mehmed III; Damat Ibrahim Pasha;	Maximilian III; Sigismund Báthory
Strength
80,000–100,000 men; 100 cannons	40,000;–50,000; higher estimates of 100,000; 30–300 cannons 14,000 Austrians, Germans and Walloons; 13,000 Hungarians; 10,000 Transylvanians; 3,000 Reiters; 5,000 Bohemians; Few hundred Cossacks and Poles; Few hundred Italians, French and Serbs;
Casualties and losses
20,000–30,000	23,000–30,000+(Western sources) 50,000–60,000; 160 cannons; 30,000 muskets; (Ottoman sources)

The Battle of Keresztes (also known as the Battle of Mezőkeresztes) (Turkish: Haçova Muharebesi) took place on 24–26 October 1596. It was fought between a combined Habsburg-Transylvanian force and the Ottoman Empire near the village of Mezőkeresztes (Turkish: Haçova) in modern-day northern Hungary. The Ottomans routed the Habsburg-led army, but due to their own losses, they were unable to exploit their victory.