After the recapture of
Užice, the Ottomans began mobilizing large enough forces to capture the Danube region. On 2 May 1738, the governor of
Vidin,
Ivaz Mehmed Pasha, was instructed to attack with 20,000 soldiers on the
Banat and seize Orşova. Then, a few days later, on 8 May 1738, a corps of 4,000–5,000
sipahi (sipahis) arrived at Orșova around 3 p.m. On hearing of the threat, the commander of
Timișoara and
Bánság, Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg, Count of Neipperg and Imperial Field Marshal, sent 22 battalions, 2 grenadier companies, and 2 close regiments to the aid of Orşova. Colonel Misserony, the commander of the reinforcements on the way, went in to meet the Ottomans with a force of 430 cavalry; however, unaware of the size of their forces, he was surrounded, and he and 220 of his men were killed on the battlefield. Soon after this victory, the Ottomans laid siege to Orșova, garrisoned by an Austrian battalion. The Ottomans stormed Orșova and captured it. The defenders suffered 100 deaths and were forced to retreat towards
Ada Kaleh. ==References==