The
Battle of Zenta or
Battle of Senta, fought on 11 September 1697 just south of Zenta (Serbian:
Senta; then part of the
Ottoman Empire; today in
Serbia), on the east side of the
Tisa river, was a major engagement in the
Great Turkish War (1683–1699) and one of the most decisive defeats in
Ottoman history. In a surprise attack,
Habsburg Imperial forces routed the Ottoman army which was crossing the river. At the cost of a few hundred losses, the Habsburg forces inflicted 30,000 casualties on the Ottomans, dispersed the remainder and captured the Ottoman treasure. As an immediate consequence, the Ottoman Empire lost control over
Banat, while in the long run, the Habsburg victory at Zenta was the last decisive step to force the Ottoman Empire into the
Treaty of Karlowitz (1699), ending the Ottoman control of large parts of Central Europe.