The Battles of Batočina and Jagodina were several battles fought between 23 and 27 March 1804 in

Batočina Batočina (, ) is a town and municipality located in the Šumadija District of central Serbia. According to 2022 census, the population of the town is 5,105, while population of the municipality is 10,162. Settlements Aside from the town of Bato� ...

and

Jagodina Jagodina ( sr-cyrl, Јагодина, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Pomoravlje District in central Serbia. It is situated on the banks of the Belica (river), Belica River, in the geographical region of � ...

(central Serbia) between the Serbian Revolutionaries under

Karađorđe Đorđe Petrović (; ; – ), known by the sobriquet Karađorđe (; ), was a Serbian revolutionary leader who led a struggle against the Ottoman Empire during the First Serbian Uprising. He held the title of Grand Vožd of Serbia from 14 ...

and the

Dahije The Dahije ( sr-cyr, Дахије) or Dahijas were the renegade Janissary officers of the Ottoman sultan who took power in the Sanjak of Smederevo, after murdering the Ottoman Vizier Hadži Mustafa Pasha of Belgrade on 15 December 1801. The four ...

(renegade Janissaries) under

Kučuk-Alija Kučuk-Alija ( sr-cyr, Кучук-Алија, ; 1801 – 5 August 1804) was a Janissary, ''mutesellim'' of Kragujevac and one of four Dahije, Dahiyas (leaders of rebel Janissaries) who controlled the Sanjak of Smederevo (aka "Belgrade Pashal ...

Battles

After a succession of violent battles, Kučuk-Alija's forces were surrounded and defeated in both Batočina and Jagodina. name="Đorđević1956">Serb victories far and wide: a French newspaper

Le Moniteur Universel () was a French newspaper founded in Paris on November 24, 1789 under the title by Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, and which ceased publication on December 31, 1868. It was the main French newspaper during the French Revolution and was for a long ...

reported on the Battle of Batočina on 12 April 1804:

(The other day a fierce and bloody battle was led at Batočina. The rebels surrounded this town which held a garrison of 400 Turks who desperately fought. After several hours of fighting, they were defeated and almost all of them died. A hundred Serbian rebels also died.)

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