Battle of Kagul 1770
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 1 August 1770 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1770 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
| Era | Early modern (1500–1799) | derived from year |
| Location | Moldova | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Europe | Natural Earth |
| Participants | Ottoman Empire | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 45.9167, 28.1833 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of Kagul or Cahul (Russian: Сражение при Кагуле, lit. 'Battle of the Kagul', Turkish: Kartal Ovası Muharebesi, lit. 'Battle of the Eagle Plain') occurred on 1 August 1770 (21 July 1770 in Julian Calendar) during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774. It was the decisive and most important land battle of the war and one of the largest battles of the 18th century. It was fought in Moldavia, near the village of Frumoasa (now Cahul, Moldova), nearly a month after the Russian victory at Larga.
While the army of the Ottomans and its Crimean Tatar vassals greatly outnumbered the Russian force opposite them, the Russian commander, Field Marshal Pyotr Rumyantsev, deftly arranged his far smaller army in solid infantry squares and surprisingly chose to go on the offensive against the allied forces. Assisting it was the superb coordination and firing rapidity of the Russian artillery, which effectively neutralized the Ottoman artillery and largely negated the numerical superiority of the Ottoman army. The result was a decisive Russian victory.
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