[1] Following their defeat at the Battle of Varvarin, a large Ottoman force from Bosnia poured across the Drina and struck against the Serbian entrenchments at Loznica west of Belgrade.

The fortified city walls were defended by 1,200 Serb rebels led by local vojvode Anta Bogićević.

Learning of the planned siege, Karađorđe sent a message to Petar Dobrnjac urging him to also send reinforcements as soon as possible.

Around 10,000 rebels, of the Šabac and Valjevo nahije under the command of Luka Lazarević and Jakov Nenadović as well as several of Joseph O'Rourke's Cossack units rushed to bolster the Serbian positions.

[5] Less than two years later, under threat by Napoleon, Russia chose to make peace with Turkey at Bucharest abandoning Serbia to the Turks who then invaded in full force.