Battle Of Larga
Russian Empire
Field-Marshal Rumyantsev
Qaplan II Giray61 wounded
2,000 captured,
33 guns captured
Russian Empire
Field-Marshal Rumyantsev Qaplan II Giray61 wounded
2,000 captured,
33 guns captured
The Battle of (the) Larga was fought between 65,000 Crimean Tatars and 15,000 Ottomans under Qaplan II Giray against 38,000 Russians under Field-Marshal Rumyantsev on the banks of the Larga River, a tributary of the Prut River, in Moldavia (now in Moldova), for eight hours on 7 July 1770. It was fought on the same day as Battle of Chesma, a key naval engagement of the Russo-Turkish War, 1768–1774.
The battle was a decisive victory for the Russians who captured 33 Turkish cannons and the vast enemy camp. For this victory, Rumyantsev was awarded the Order of Saint George of the 1st degree. Two weeks later, the Russians scored an even greater victory in the Battle of Kagul.
References
- (in Russian) The Battles of Larga and Kagul
- ^ The Prince of Princes, by S Sebag Montefiore, Biography & Autobiography, p. 83
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