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4,000-5,000 Sipahis arrived at Orșova around 3 p.m. On hearing of the threat, the commander of
Timisoara and Bánság, Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg, Count of Neipperg and Imperial Field Marshal, sent 22 battalions, 2 grenadier companies and 2 close regiments to the aid of Orsova. Colonel Misserony, the commander of the reinforcements on the way, went in to meet the Ottomans with a force of 430 cavalry, however; unaware of the size of their forces, he was surrounded, and he alongside 220 of his men were killed on the battlefield. Soon after this victory, the Ottomans laid siege to Orșova, garrisoned by an Austrian battalion. The Ottomans stormed Orșova and captured it. The defenders suffered 100 killed and were forced to retreat towards
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362:*József Bánlaky: Military history of the Hungarian nation (MEK-OSZK), 0014/1149. Minor operations preceding the action of the main armies. Fighting around Uzice, Orsova, Ada Kaleh, and Mehádia (Magyar).
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