Battle of Obilești

Battle of Obilești
Part of the Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)
Date 15 July 1807 Location Obilești, Wallachia (now Romania) Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
General Miloradovic General Ulanius	Ahmed Pasha Ismail Bey
Strength
10,000 soldiers	13,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
1,000 killed and wounded	3,000 killed and wounded

The Battle of Obilești was fought in Obilești, Wallachia (now Romania), between Russia and the Ottoman Empire as a part of the Napoleonic Wars during the Russo-Turkish War of 1806–1812.

Battle

Grand Vizier İbrahim Hilmi Pasha, who came to the front with the main Ottoman army, remained inactive in Silistra and waited for orders after the Ottoman coups of 1807–1808 broke out in Istanbul. In late May (newly ascended to the throne) IV. Upon receiving the attack order from Mustafa, he gave the command of Çarhacı Ali Pasha with 13,000 soldiers and ordered him to cross the Danube river and advance to Bucharest via Obilești. While İbrahim Hilmi Pasha would follow Ali Pasha with the main part of the army, With this the Grand Vizier plans to advance part of the army to Ismail and the other part to Bucharest and enter between the Russian armies in Wallachia and Moldavia. He was also planning to prevent the Serbian Revolts from uniting with the Russian army by holding the Kladovo–Niš line with the other part of the army.

On the other hand, General Miloradovic, who was stationed in Bucharest, had heard about the advance of the Ottoman forces and was planning to eliminate the Ottoman forces with a sudden counter-attack. However, since the current position of the Russian forces was not suitable for defense and there was a danger of being surrounded if they remained in Bucharest, General Miloradovic decided to attack the Ottoman forces advancing on the left bank of the Danube from Silistra. decided. General Miloradovic, who received the news of the approach of the Ottoman forces on June 12, advanced to Obilești with a force exceeding 10,000 soldiers, with the participation of Cossack troops. Çarhacı Ali Pasha also retreated to the hills around Obilești and positioned himself for battle.

The clashes began with the first attacks of Ottoman soldiers against the approaching Russian forces on June 15. Despite the intense infantry fire of the Russians, the Ottoman forces advanced from the left flank and surrounded 3 cavalry battalions of the Russian army. In the face of the effective onslaught of Ottoman attacks, the Russian army barely added reinforcements to these besieged forces and stopped the Ottoman attack. When General Ulanius started firing and the cavalry forces under the command of General Rehbinder came to support, the Ottoman army first retreated to its old positions. Then, he retreated to the direction of Silistra in the face of ongoing Russian pressure. The Danube Operation of the Russian Army in the Ottoman-Russian War of 1806–1812,

Aftermath

However, the Russian Empire suffered a heavy defeat against Napoleon Bonaparte in the Battle of Friedland within the framework of the Fourth Coalition Wars on 12 June 1807. On July 9, 1807, agreed to the Treaties of Tilsit

Russian Empire, who wanted to close the Ottoman front where they could not make any progress throughout the year, started ceasefire negotiations with the Ottomans, and with the Armistice signed on 26 August 1807, the state of war between the parties officially stopped for nine months and peace negotiations began.