| First Battle of Novi Zrin/Zrínyiújvár | |||||||
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| Part of theAustro-Turkish War (1663–1664) | |||||||
 Probable depiction of the battle. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Ottoman Empire | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| M. Zrínyi/N. Zrinski | Kanije Pasha | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 7,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 600 | ||||||
TheFirst Battle of Novi Zrin (Hungarian: Zrínyiújvár) was fought on August 13, 1663, as part of theAustro-Turkish War (1663–1664), between theKingdom of Hungary and theKingdom of Croatia between troops commanded of BanMiklós Zrínyi/Nikola Zrinski and theOttoman army. The battle took place nearZrínyiújvár/Novi Zrin (Zrínyi/Zrinski's family's fortress) in present-dayCroatia and resulted in Hungarian-Croatian victory.
From the beginning of its construction in 1661, Novi Zrin/Zrínyiújvár fortress was a thorn in the eye of both Ottoman forces in the region because it compromised their positions in Kanije Eyalet, as well as Habsburg Imperial authorities. The Habsburgs at a time wanted to remain in the defensive on their eastern borders against the Ottomans. The imperial policies therefore contradicted those of their Croatian and Hungarian vassals who wanted to see more offensive Habsburg engagement on eastern borders against the Ottomans.
As the Ottoman armies were busybesieging Nové Zámky in modern daySlovakia, N Zrinski/M Zrinyi withdrew toMeđimurje to defend Novi Zrin/Zrínyiújvár, where local defenders commander byPetar Zrinski already routed first armies sent by Kanije pasha.[1] Meanwhile, the pasha himself came with his army to Novi Zrin to besiege it.[1] Nikola Zrinski/M Zrinyi in the meantime returned to Novi Zrin/Zrínyiújvár and decided to take his army on a sortie which destroyed the army of Kanije pasha. After that N Zrinski/M Zrinyi's troops continued to pursue the Ottomans back toKanije/Kaniža, after which they looted the Kanije/Kaniža countryside and returned with the booty back to Novi Zrin/Zrínyiújvár.[1]
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