Battle of the Tokhtamysh River

Battle of the Tokhtamysh River
Part of Sheikh Mansur Movement and Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)
Schematic of the battle
Date 30 September 1790 Location Abazinka River (Tokhtamysh River) Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Sheikh Mansur Movement	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Batal Hussein Pasha (POW) Aji Mustafa Pasha	Johann Hermann von Fersen Joseph Beerwitz Dimitry Orbeliani Colonel Butkevich Colonel Matzen Colonel Chemodanov Pavel Afrosimov Quartermaster General Städer
Strength
25,000 Ottomans and mountaineers[1] 30 cannons	3,500–3,600 men 18 cannons
Casualties and losses
1,000+ killed (per J. Hermann v. Fersen) 300+ died while fleeing (per QMG Städer) Hundreds drowned	28 killed 115 wounded

The Battle of the Tokhtamysh River, also known as the Battle of the Abazinka River, was a major battle between the Ottoman forces and the North Caucasians with a Russian army led by Johann Hermann von Fersen. The battle ended in a major Russian victory and forced the Ottomans and North Caucasians to flee. The main commander of the combined army, Batal Hussein Pasha, was captured, however, according to some sources, Batal surrendered himself without a fight to the Russians and betrayed his army.^[2]