Battle of Szikszó

Battle of Szikszó

Part of Ottoman-Hungarian War

Date	October 8, 1588
Location	near the town Szikszó, Kingdom of Hungary
Result	Hungarian victory

Belligerents

Kingdom of Hungary

Commanders and leaders

Sigismund Rákóczi, Homonnai Drugeth István

Kara Ali bey , Mustafa bey

Strength

2,500

12,000
plus cannons

Casualties and losses

200-300

1,700

Ottoman–Hungarian Wars

Campaign of Louis I (1) (1366-67)
Treviso
Campaign of Louis I (2) (1375–77)
Nicopolis (1396)
Battle Of Doboj (1415) (1415)
Radkersburg (1417)
Golubac (1428)
Lower Danube War
Smederevo (1441)
Hermannstadt (1442)
Iron Gate ()
Niš (1443)
Zlatica (1443)
Kunovica (1444)
Várna (1444)
Kosovo (1448)
Belgrade (1456)
Jajce (1463)
Vaslui (1475)
Breadfield (1479)
Krbava Field (1493)
Otranto (1480–81)
Belgrade (1521)
Mohács (1526)

see also: Ottoman–Habsburg wars

The Battle of Szikszó was fought in October 1588 between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Ottoman Empire as part of the Long War. The Hungarian forces were fewer in number, but were victorious over the Ottomans. This unexpected victory was even mentioned by Emperor Rudolf decades after the battle. It was one of the most glorious Hungarian victories in the post-Mohács period.

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