✦ History

Part of Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)

Battle of Focșani

August 1, 1789 · Focșani

Result Austro-Russian victory

Allied Russian and Austrian forces under Alexander Suvorov and the Prince of Coburg defeated an Ottoman army in Moldavia.

On the map Contemporaries

Russian Empire

Ottoman Empire

Russian Empire
Habsburg monarchy
Ottoman Empire
Prince Josias of Coburg military commander Alexander Suvorov military commander
Koca Yusuf Pasha military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
23,000–25,000c. 23,000
Casualties
400–800c. 800

Habsburg monarchy Strength 17,000–18,000

Strength
c. 30,000
Casualties
c. 1,100
Captured
c. 100
Guns lost
12c. 10