Battle of Bileća
Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe
Date 1388 Location Bileća Result Decisive Bosnian victory1
Belligerents
Bosnian Kingdom, Serbian Despotate	Ottoman Empire
Commanders
Vlatko Vuković Kosača Radič Sanković	Lala Şâhin Paşa
Strength
Unknown, but assumed to be far more than the Ottoman Turks	Unknown, but assumed to be far fewer than the Bosnian army
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

v • d • e Bosnian-Ottoman Wars Bobovac – Jajce – Bileća – Kosovo Field – Maritsa – Pločnik - Kruševac – Belgrade

The Battle of Bileća was fought on 27 August 1388 between Bosnian forces led by Duke Vlatko Vuković and the Ottomans under the leadership of Lala Shahin Pasha. First facing the Turks at Rudine, the Bosnians finally fought near the town of Bileća and gave them a defeat, which delayed the Ottomans' advances into Bosnia.

Notes

References

• Finkel, Caroline, Osman's Dream, (Basic Books, 2005).

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