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Battle of Rusçuk (1773)
Part of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)
Date 15 May 1773 Location Ruse, Ottoman Empire Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Ali Pasha	N. P. Repnin (WIA)
Casualties and losses
Light	3,500

Battle of Rusçuk, was a phase in the Russo-Turkish war (1768–1774). The Russian army under the command of Colonel N. P. Repnin was defeated by the Turkish army under the command of Ali Pasha near Ruse on May 15, 1773.

Battle

The battle took place near the walls of Ruse. The Russian army under the command of Colonel N. P. Repnin (brother of General Nikolay Vasilyevich Repnin) thought that they could easily capture this place, relying on their serial successes until 1771. However, Ali Pasha came to the aid of Rusçuk and attacked the Russian army.

The shaken Russian army, including its commander Colonel Repnin, retreated with 1,000 to 3,000 prisoners and 500 dead, while also losing 3 cannons. After Colonel Repnin's wound was treated, he was sent to Istanbul and imprisoned in Yedikule Fortress.

Aftermath

After this defeat, Field Marshal Pyotr Rumyantsev concentrated on the offensives in Varna, Bulgaria and Silistra, but the Ottoman army won notable victories there as well.

References

1. [https://web.archive.org/web/20191014134631/https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/ruscuk Archived 14 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine Encyclopedia of Islam, "Ruse" article, Turkish Religious Foundation Istanbul (2008), v.35, p.248
2. "Great Ottoman History", Joseph von Hammer v.16, p.222

• 1770s conflicts
• 1773 in the Ottoman Empire
• 1773 in the Russian Empire
• Conflicts in 1773
• Battles of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)