Battle of Provadia (1829)

In the spring of 1829, the 20,000–25,000-strong Ottoman army stationed at Shumen under Grand Vizier Reşid Mehmed Pasha decided to launch simultaneous attacks on the separated 6th and 7th Russian corps. To achieve this, Reşid Mehmed Pasha split his forces into two and moved on 10 May. The larger right wing advanced towards Provadia with 10,000 men, while the left wing moved through Yenipazar towards Provadia.^[1]

The operation against Provadia also threatened the Russian corps under General Roth's contact with the Danube River. On 17 May, the Ottoman corps reached near Provadia and attacked a six-battalion Russian corps equipped with 12 guns.

The Russian battalions under General Filadelf Ryndin suffered heavy losses, but when a Russian infantry battalion with four guns and two Cossacks regiments arrived from Devna, the front stabilized, and the Ottoman corps ceased their attack and withdrew to their original positions.^[2] Both sides suffered 1,000–1,500 casualties. General Rındin died of his wounds two weeks later.^[3]

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