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hi EEE ya Supporting Member of TMP14 Dec 2017 2:52 a.m. PST

Hello everyone,

Who knows and could publish on this forum a battle order as complete as possible for each of the belligerents delivering the battle of MOHÀCS the August 29, 1526 ?

Thank you.

hi EEE ya Supporting Member of TMP21 Dec 2017 12:18 a.m. PST

This battle is so unknown that ?

Leadjunky24 Dec 2017 8:46 a.m. PST

Well yes. It did not have any British troops involved. One would think someone might have some information on the Austrian/Bavarian side. The Ottomans might be a little more difficult to locate. I seem to remember a OOB/scenario write up in an old Miniature Wargames issue. I will see if I can locate it, but I am not sure it was all that accurate.

Leadjunky24 Dec 2017 6:31 p.m. PST

Looking through my notes it was not Mohacs after all. Battle does describe a large cavalry wing for the Turks. You probably would not be far off with a generic force of about a third to half horse. Probably 2/3 of that heavier with the rest irregular or tartar and about 1/4 to 1/3 of infantry maybe janissary.

hi EEE ya Supporting Member of TMP25 Dec 2017 10:30 a.m. PST

Austrian/Bavarian side ?

Puster Sponsoring Member of TMP27 Dec 2017 3:50 p.m. PST

Full levy of the Hungarians, with a large core of their nobles, and a typical Osman force. I have some recounts of the battle somewhere where you can draw conclusions upon the oob, but you can proably dig out the same with Wikipedia.

hi EEE ya Supporting Member of TMP28 Dec 2017 11:41 a.m. PST

For now the best for this battle is my old book by Sir Charles Oman:
"A History of the Art of War in the Sixteenth Century (1937)"

Leadjunky29 Dec 2017 7:45 p.m. PST

I see that I should have better read your post sorry. Although there were perhaps some Austrian and more likely Bavarian troops at the battle, it was for the later battle to which I was referring.

I imagine the Hungarian levies may not have been, but has anyone run across any references to mercenary pike? I see what appears to be a pike block depicted in what seems to be a painting of the battle.

hi EEE ya Supporting Member of TMP30 Dec 2017 12:43 a.m. PST

Alas,for this battle as for that of Kossovo Pole of the 15 June 1389, little or no documentation …

Daniel S30 Dec 2017 2:22 p.m. PST

For up to date and well researched information on the order of battles for Mohacs 1526 you will have to look at books & articles by Hungarian and Turkish historians. Their work is commonly neglected by English language works, probably due to the language barrier.

As start is looking at academia.edu were you for example can find articles by Janos B Szabo who has written a fair bit about the subject. link

As for Oman he is close to useless as he relied on very few sources that were then distorted by being put through the filter of his "interpretation" and his filling out the gaps with conjecture and "educated" guesses.

hi EEE ya Supporting Member of TMP31 Dec 2017 12:16 a.m. PST

Thank you for the link,there are some who will be happy when they learn that Oman is supposedly (only for Mohàcs?) close to useless…

Puster Sponsoring Member of TMP01 Jan 2018 4:42 a.m. PST

Not only for Mohacs. His usage of sources is very selective, and he fills it up with "best educated guess" often without telling you where and how. You have to read him with his historical and political background in mind.

hi EEE ya Supporting Member of TMP02 Jan 2018 1:46 p.m. PST

In any case it gives good reconstructions of the battles of the wars of French religions – for example – since it re-copies the sources of the various authors it names individually, one can not do better …

Puster Sponsoring Member of TMP03 Jan 2018 7:10 a.m. PST

As start is looking at academia.edu

Is membership there worth it?
I regularly get mails from them, but whenever I try to read a worthy article they ask me for a membership (around $80 USD/year).

hi EEE ya Supporting Member of TMP04 Jan 2018 8:44 a.m. PST

Puster , who is asking you for money ?

Druzhina04 Jan 2018 10:35 p.m. PST

I am a non-paying member of academia.edu. I haven't needed to pay yet for anything I have read there.

Druzhina
Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

Puster Sponsoring Member of TMP05 Jan 2018 3:03 a.m. PST

Whenever I try to do a search the site asks me to join them for premium membership – something that usually makes me leave a site for good. Perhaps my unwillingness to use Facebook or Google (or scripts from these sites unless I am directly there) to log in has something to do with that.

hi EEE ya Supporting Member of TMP05 Jan 2018 10:29 a.m. PST

I only give money to TMP for services rendered …

hi EEE ya Supporting Member of TMP11 May 2018 11:09 p.m. PST

And if anyone thinks there were Tartar horsemen at the battle of Mohacs that he let us know, thank you.

khanscom17 May 2018 5:54 p.m. PST

"Miniature Wargames" issue No. 2-- "The Battle of Mohacs, August 28th, 1526" by Wally Hearl. He suggests 2000 Janissaries, 5000 local levies, 7000 Spahis of the Porte, 10000 Asiatic feudal spahis, 15000 European feudal spahis and 20000 Akinjis for the Turks. For the Hungarians 1000 knights, 3000 lesser nobles and retainers, 8000 hussars, 7000 foot levies, and 6000 landsknechts. He also mentions a few Hungarian "light bombards" and as many as 120 Turkish cannons. Hope this helps a little.

hi EEE ya Supporting Member of TMP26 May 2024 10:07 a.m. PST

@khanscom
Bravo !

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