Early Modern era · 1770
Battle of Larga
The Battle of (the) Larga was fought by a combined force of 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 18 July 1770 (O.S. 7 July).
- When
- 7 Jul 1770
- Where
- Larga, Prut (Cantemir)
- Era
- Early Modern
Topics
People
Mikhail Kutuzov1747 – 1813Field Marshal of the Russian Empire (1745–1813)
Gregory Potyomkin1739 – 1791Russian military leader and politician (1739–1791)
Before and after
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