Battles of Batočina and Jagodina

Second Serbian Uprising: The Battles of Batočina and Jagodina were several battles fought between 23 and 27 March 1804 in Batočina and Jagodina (central Serbia) between the Serbian Revolutionaries under Karađorđe and the Dahije (renegade Janissaries) under Kučuk-Alija.

[1] After a succession of violent battles, Kučuk-Alija's forces were surrounded and defeated in both Batočina and Jagodina.

[2]Serb victories far and wide: a French newspaper Le Moniteur Universel reported on the Battle of Batočina on 12 April 1804: << L'autre jour, une bataille acharnée et sanglante a eu lieu à Batočina.

Après plusieurs heures de combat, ils furent vaincus et presque tous moururent.

The rebels surrounded this town which held a garrison of 400 Turks who desperately fought.