Habsburg Monarchy Mediterranean 1788 1789 1790 1791 The liberation of Cetingrad (Croatian: Oslobođenje Cetingrada)[1] was a military conflict between the Croatian Corps of the Habsburg monarchy's army, led by Feldzeugmeister Joseph Nikolaus Baron de Vins, and the Ottoman army, led by Dizdar-Agha Ali-Bey Beširević (under higher command of Osman Gradaščević, Governor of Bosnia), dealing with possession of Cetin Castle and its surrounding area,[2] in central Croatia (at the time occupied by the Ottoman Empire, forming the so-called Ottoman Croatia).

Cetingrad, an important stronghold in the Croatian Military Frontier that had fallen into the hands of the Ottoman conquerors in the 16th century again became part of the Kingdom of Croatia.

[citation needed] In spring of 1790, the Imperial and Royal Croatian Corps of the Habsburg Army under the command of Feldzeugmeister Joseph Nikolaus Baron de Vins,[4] moved from Karlovac to Vojnić.

In this campaign, de Vins wanted to stop the Ottoman incursions into the border area and to liberate parts of Croatia proper in the region of Kordun, including the Cetin Castle, as well as Furjan, Velika Kladuša Castle, Bužim, Ostrožac, Tržac and some other Croatian places, that had earlier been conquered by the Ottoman Bosnian forces.

After the rain, the artillery attack intensified more and more and on 20 July the imperial and royal soldiers broke through an opening in the wall.

As the fire extended to the entire building structure, it took several days to extinguish it completely and partially clean up the castle.

[citation needed] The captured Turkish weapons and war equipment (cannons, rifles, gunpowder, ammunition etc.)

[citation needed] The whole operation of the Croatian Corps on the territory of Kordun, Lika, Banovina and western Turkish Croatia lasted until mid-October 1790 when the activities gradually ceased.