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The Battle of Smolenice (Hungarian: Szomolányi csata, German: Schlacht bei Smolenitz, Slovak: Bitka pri Smoleniciach) was a battle between an army of untrained Hungarian peasants, called the Kuruc, and the forces of the Habsburg Empire, contingents of the Holy Roman Empire and auxiliaries of Denmark. The battle occurred on May 28, 1704 at Smolenice in Upper Hungary, where the Kuruc army routed the Imperial forces and captured the Austrian commander. For a short time, the rebels marauded a number of villages in Lower Austria, Marchfeld and Moravia, which threatened the safety of Vienna.
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Battle of Smolenice | |||||||
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Part of Rákóczi's War of Independence | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kurucs (Kingdom of Hungary) with Slovak rebels |
Habsburg Empire Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Denmark | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Sándor Károlyi general László Ocskay brigadeer Miklós Bercsényi general |
General Johann von Ritschan Guido von Starhemberg Duke John Adolphus of Holstein-Plön Colonel Leopold Maltzan | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
ca. 15,000 (5,000-6,000 participated in the battle) |
2331 infantries 250 cavalries 4 cannons | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
300-400 dead | 700 captured, several hundred dead, 3 cannons |
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