The Ottomans defeated a relief Austrian force and captured Orșova in the end.

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 Sipahis arrived at Orșova around 3 p.m. On hearing of the threat, the commander of Timisoara 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 Orsova.

Soon after this victory, the Ottomans laid siege to Orșova, garrisoned by an Austrian battalion.