Siege of Užice (1805)
| Siege of Užice | |||||||||
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| Part of the First Serbian Uprising | |||||||||
View of the Old Fortress, the town of Užice and the Đetinja river in 1860 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Revolutionary Serbia |
Dahije Sanjak of Zvornik | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Jakov Nenadović Milan Obrenović |
Omer-aga Nišlija Bego Novljanin Osman-aga Fočić | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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Valjevo nahija Soko nahija Rudnik nahija |
Janissaries Bosnian deli locals | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 8 dead, 20 wounded | 300 dead and wounded | ||||||||
The siege of Užice was undertaken by the Serbian rebel army led by Jakov Nenadović and Milan Obrenović against the city of Užice, in the hands of the Dahije (renegade Janissaries) supported by the Sanjak of Zvornik. Užice was an important city in the province, laying in the west of rebel territory and serving as a reinforcement point of the Dahije and their allies. Heavily bombarded, with most of the houses set on fire, the city quickly surrendered but remained in Ottoman hands as part of a truce.