1717Vezirac
The Battle at Peterwardein, 5 August 1716, by Johann Baptist Homann
A hand-coloured tactical map of the battle, green woodland blocks and ranked troop formations converging on Peter-Wardein marked in red at the river bend, with Turk. Lager, the Turkish camp, and Bruken Schantz, the bridgehead fort, labelled nearby. A scroll names it Schlacht bey Peter-Wardein, den 5. Aug. 1716.
Johann Baptist Homann
About this place
The hill above Petrovaradin on the Fruska Gora side of the Danube, and the ground on which the Battle of Petrovaradin was fought on 5 August 1716. The Ottoman army under the Grand Vizier Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha camped here to besiege the fortress, and the hill carries his title: Vezirac is the Vizier's place. Prince Eugene of Savoy crossed from the fortress and broke the Ottoman line in a single morning. The Grand Vizier was mortally wounded in the fighting and died soon after, and the defeat ended the Ottoman advance on the middle Danube. The Peace Monument stands on the hill today.
On the card
SCHLACHT bey Peter=Wardein den 5. Aug. 1716. / Donau Fl. / Peter Wardein / Kayserl. Ordre de Bataille / Turck. Ordre de Bat. / Turck. Maga zin / Lager der Kayserl. Volcker gegen den Feind avancirt / Turck. Lager mit der Armee im Anfang / Flucht der Janitscharen / Fl. der Tartarn / Insul Schantz / Bruken Schantz
Battle at Peterwardein, 5 August 1716. The Danube. Petrovaradin. The Imperial order of battle. The Turkish order of battle. The Turkish magazine. The camp of the Imperial troops advanced against the enemy. The Turkish camp with the army at the outset. The flight of the Janissaries. The flight of the Tartars. The island redoubt. The bridge redoubt.
- Date
- 1717
- Coordinates
- 45.21071, 19.89849
- Source
- Hungarian National Museum
- Credit
- Hungarian National Museum / Homann, Johann Baptist (1664-1724)
- Licence
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Size
- 544 × 640 px
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