Pyotr Olitz [ru] marched onto Giurgiu with thousands of troops and captured it three months ago in a siege that lasted from 17 and 24 February 1771.

[3] On 20 February, a small Ottoman artillery unit was advanced to the outer walls of Giurgiu, where they started firing and thus commenced the siege.

Instead of utilising the numerous fortress cannons to neutralise the Turkish battery, Genzel opted to launch a sortie with a small detachment of musketeers.

[7] Repnin arrived at the outskirts of Giurgiu only hours later, only to discover it was occupied by 14,000 Turks, prompting him to retreat back to Bucharest.

[1] Giurgiu was attacked once again by the Russians under the command of Reinhold-Wilhelm von Essen [ru] on 7 August, which ended in failure.