Battle of Tarcal

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Tarcal
partof=the Hungarian campaign of 1527-1528
campaign=Hungarian campaign of 1527-1528


caption=
date=September 27 1527
place=near Tarcal, near Tokaj, in Hungary
result=Austrian victory
combatant1=Hungarian Kingdom of Szapolyai, with serbs and transylvanians
combatant2=Habsburg Monarchy
Holy Roman Empire and the Habsburg-party Hungarians
commander1=János Szapolyai
commander2=Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor,
Niklas Graf Salm,
Bálint Török
strength1=7-8,000
strength2=6,000
casualties1=5,000
casualties2=Minimals
The Battle of Tarcal or Battle of Tokaj ( _hu. Tarcali csata) was fought on September 27, 1527 between Habsburg-german-hungarian army led by Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and an Hungarian army under the commander of János Szapolyai. The Battle took place near Tokaj, in Tarcal. Szapolyai were in the battle military defeated.

Preparations

In the Battle of Mohács hungarian king Louis II was be killed and the hungarian nobility elect Szapolyai of new king. Other noblemans, and Croatia elect Ferdinand Austrian Archduke.
The Serbs in Voivodina in 1526-1527 under Jovan Nenad was mutiny and com over aside Austria, but have te worse.

Ferdinand in 1527 with assistence of Spain and the Papal State was attack Szapolyai and crowd out in East-Hungary.

The Battle

Szapolyai's army numbered 7-8000 men, consists of hungarian, transylvanian, and serbian forces. The Habsburg army (with the Ferdinand-party hungarians) numbered 18 000 men, but 6000 men was fall in line under Niklas Graf Salm and Bálint Török.
In September 26 Szapolyai encamp near Tokaj, then near Sajólád defeat some german soldier.

Szapolyai in September 27 was attempt to raid with the germans. The serbian soldiers dump of the styrian forces in the right wing, and the hungarian forces there was succeed. However in the left wing erudite german and austrian mercenarys surmount of the hungarian cavalrys, and the hungarian hussars in the center was break through and seize Szapolyai's camp, and the hungarians wedge in the river Tisza.

Aftermath

Szapolyai was run away of Oradea, who institute a new army. Ferdinand feel thath evict all Hungary, however Szapolyai in 1528 push in of Transylvania. In the Battle of Szina was again have the worse and be crowded out Poland. In the future ask for help of the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. Suleiman in 1529 dislogde the Germans of Hungary and besieged Vienna.

References

ources

* [http://mek.niif.hu/00800/00893/html/ Sándor Szilágyi: History of the Hungarian Nation (A Magyar Nemzet Története)]
* Military History of Hungary, Editor: Ervin Liptai Zrínyi Military Publisher, Budapest 1985. ISBN 9633263379

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