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The Battle of Sisak ((クロアチア語:Bitka kod Siska); (スロベニア語:Bitka pri Sisku); (ドイツ語:Schlacht bei Sissek); (トルコ語:Kulpa Bozgunu)) was fought on 22 June 1593 between Ottoman regional forces of Hasan Pasha Predojević, a notable commander (Beglerbeg) of the Eyalet of Bosnia, and a combined Christian army from the Habsburg lands, mainly Kingdom of Croatia and Inner Austria. The battle took place at Sisak, central Croatia, at the confluence of the rivers Sava and Kupa. Earlier in 1591 and 1592 the Ottomans had two failed attempts of capturing the Sisak fortress, but managed to take the strategically important fortress of Bihać in 1592. The Sisak fortress was again besieged by a large Ottoman force on 15 June 1593. The garrison in Sisak was commanded by Blaž Đurak and Matija Fintić, both from the Archdiocese of Zagreb. An army under the supreme command of the Styrian general Ruprecht von Eggenberg was quickly assembled to break the siege. The Croatian troops were led by the Ban of Croatia, Thomas Erdődy, and major forces from the Duchy of Carniola and the Duchy of Carinthia were led by Andreas von Auersperg, nicknamed the "Carniolan Achilles". They made a surprise attack on the besieging forces on 22 June. The ensuing battle resulted in a crushing defeat for the regional Ottoman forces, triggering the Long War. ==Background== Although the central authorities of both the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy were rather reluctant to fight each other after several campaigns on Hungarian and Moldovian land and four renewals of the 1547 truce, large scale raids were being mounted into each other’s territories: There had been numerous raids into Habsburg Hungary by Akıncılar, the irregular Ottoman light cavalry, and on the other hand; Uskoci (Balkan Habsburg-sided irregular soldiers on the eastern Adriatic coast) were being encouraged to conduct raids into Ottoman territory in the Balkans. Clashes on the Croatian frontier also continued despite the truce. The Croatian-Ottoman border went between Koprivnica and Virovitica to Sisak, then westward to Karlovac, southward to Plitvice Lakes, and southwest to the Adriatic Sea.〔Gábor Ágoston, Bruce Alan Masters: (Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire ), Infobase Publishing, 2009, p. 164〕 Croatia at the time had only 16,800 km² of free territory and around 400,000 inhabitants.〔Ivo Goldstein: Sisačka bitka 1593., Zagreb, 1994, p. 30〕 Although its strength was depleted from the constant conflicts on the border, late in the 16th century Croatian fortified cities were able to hold Ottoman forces at bay.〔Alexander Mikaberidze: (Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia ), 2011, p. 188〕 During this period Ottoman provincial forces from the Eyalet of Bosnia had several attempts to seize major forts and towns across the Una and Sava rivers. On 26 October 1584 smaller Ottoman units were defeated at the battle of Slunj, and on 6 December 1586 near Ivanić-Grad.〔 However, Ottoman raids and attacks were increasing and the Croatian nobles were fighting without Habsburg support.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of Sisak」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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