Battle of Valjevo (1804)
| Battle of Valjevo | |||||||||
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| Part of the First Serbian Uprising | |||||||||
Gornja Grabovica with the Valjevo Mountains in the background | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Serbian rebels |
Dahije Ottoman city garrison | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Matija Nenadović Nikola Grbović | Poreč-Alija | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| Valjevo nahija |
Janissaries Valjevo deli and local soldiers Ub soldiers | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| c. 350 | 700+ | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Many | Many | ||||||||
The Battle of Valjevo was undertaken by the Serbian rebel army led by archpriest Matija Nenadović and knez Nikola Grbović against the city of Valjevo, in the hands of the Dahije (renegade Janissaries) in March 1804. Valjevo was the centre of the Valjevo nahiya in the west of the main rebel territory of Šumadija. It was in the hands of Poreč-Alija, a notorious Janissary. After failed negotiations, the rebels besieged and assaulted the city, forcing the "Turks" to leave it.