The Storming of Hirsovo (Hirsova) was a military operation carried out by Ottoman troops on 14 September (O.S. 3 September) 1773[1][2][3] during the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774). The Ottoman Grand Vizier Muhsinzade Mehmed decided to storm the Hirsovo fortress occupied by Russian troops of Alexander Suvorov to facilitate the seizure of Giurgiu. Having pushed back the Russian outposts, the Turks came close to the Hirsovo fortifications; the Russians opened fire from the fortress and the Turks moved back; then they headed for the sconce. Repulsed by the sconce, they withdrew to their mountain artillery battery, but were knocked down from it by Colonel Prince Mochebelov and retreated, having lost additional men in the Russian pursuit.[4][1][2]
| Storming of Hirsovo | |||||||
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| Part of the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774 | |||||||
.jpg) Map to the article "Girsovo". Sytin Military Encyclopedia (St. Petersburg, 1911–1915) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Ottoman Empire |
 Russian Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Mehmed Pasha |
Alexander Suvorov David Mochebelov (Machabeli) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 10,000 men[1] | 3,000 men[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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up to 1,000 men, 6 cannon, 1 mortar[2] |
10 killed, 167 wounded[2] | ||||||
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Petrushevsky 1884.
- ^ a b c d e Velichko et al. 1912.
- ^ Anthing 1813.
- ^ Pares 1926.
Sources
edit- Pares, Bernard (1926). A History Of Russia. London: Jonathan Cape. p. 309. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- Anthing, Johann Friedrich (1813). History of the Campaigns of Count Alexander Suworow-Rymnikski. London: W. Green and T. Chaplin. pp. 38–43. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- Petrushevsky, Alexander (1884). "Первая турецкая война: Туртукай, Гирсово, Козлуджи; 1773—1774" [First Turkish War: Turtukaya, Hirsovo, Kozludzhi; 1773—1774]. Генералиссимус князь Суворов [Generalissimo Prince Suvorov] (in Russian). Vol. 1 (1st ed.). Saint Petersburg: Типография М. М. Стасюлевича. pp. 169–170. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- Velichko, Konstantin; Novitsky, Vasily; Schwartz, Alexey von; Apushkin, Vladimir; Schoultz, Gustav von (1912). Военная энциклопедия Сытина [Sytin Military Encyclopedia] (in Russian). Vol. VIII: Гимры – Двигатели судовые. Moscow: Типография Т-ва И. Д. Сытина. pp. 323–325. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
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