Battle of Nezib

Battle of Nezib
Part of Second Turko-Egyptian War
Date June 24, 1839 Location Mezar, southwest of Nezib Result Decisive Egyptian victory
Belligerents
Egypt	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Ibrahim Pasha	Hafiz Osman Pasha, Helmuth Graf von Moltke
Strength
46,000	80,000
Casualties and losses
4000 Killed and Wounded.	Very Heavy.

The Battle of Nezib (present-day Nizip) was fought on June 24, 1839 between Egypt and the Ottoman Empire. The Egyptians were led by Ibrahim Pasha, while the Ottomans were led by Hafiz Osman Pasha, with Moltke in command of the Ottoman artillery. The Ottoman were positioned at Mezar, southwest of Nezib, with the Nezib river on their left. Ibrahim advanced his force, under heavy Ottoman artillery fire, towards the Ottoman lines. At the same time, the Ottoman line began to take Egyptian artillery fire, and were suffering losses. By the time Ibrahim's infantry had encountered the Ottoman line, Hafiz's army was in complete rout, the Egyptian artillery having broken their morale.

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