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Zenta, Battle of

Years: 1697 - 1697

The Battle of Zenta or Battle of Senta, fought on September 11, 1697 just south of Zenta (Serbian: Senta; then part of the Ottoman Empire; today in Serbia), on the east side of the Tisza river, is a major engagement in the Great Turkish War (1683–1699) and one of the most decisive defeats in Ottoman history.

In a surprise attack, Habsburg Imperial forces rout the Ottoman army, which is in the process of crossing the river.

At the cost of a few hundred losses, the assailants inflict 30,000 casualties on the Ottomans, disperse the remainder and capture the Ottoman treasure.

As an immediate consequence, the Ottoman Empire loses control over Bosnia, while in the long run, the Habsburg victory at Zenta is the last decisive step to force the Ottoman Empire into the Treaty of Karlowitz (1699), ending the Ottoman control of large parts of Central Europe.

"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past...Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered."

― George Orwell, 1984 (1948)