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Date hidden: 2009-05-02
Date created: 2014-09-18
Date published: 2014-09-18
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The box is near the place where the famous battle took placel there is the story for Wikipedia :
The Battle of Călugăreni was one of the most important battles in the history of mediaeval Romania. It took place on 23 August (13 August on old style calendar) 1595 between the Wallachian army led by Michael the Brave and the Ottoman army led by Sinan Pasha.
The whole Ottoman force was estimated to have between 70,000 and 180,000 troops. According to a report written by the Spanish ambassador only 20,000 Ottomans (who were an advanced detachment) took part in the battle, against 10,000 Wallachians.
Michael the Brave had in total about 16,000 and 12 large field canons, with Transylvanian, Hungarian troops, Serbian and Bulgarian haiduks under Stephen Bocskay and Sigismund Bßthory. Because he had smaller forces, Michael the Brave chose a terrain that would negate the Ottoman's numeric superiority. South of the village of Călugăreni, where the Câlniştea river flows into Neajlov river, the terrain is a muddy marsh, surrounded by forests. A narrow bridge over the Neajlov river was a mandatory pass point.
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