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  • Battle of Oranik (1456)
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  • The Second Battle of Oranik took place during the spring of 1456 in the plains of Oranik (Debar in modern day Macedonia). Moisi Arianit Golemi, lord of Debar, and one of Skanderbeg's officers, deserted to the Ottomans following the defeat at Berat in 1455. Golemi set of from Adrianople with a force of 15,000 men to capture Albania but was swiftly defeated by Skanderbeg's smaller forces.
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  • 10000
  • 15000
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Date
  • 1456-05-18
Commander
Caption
  • Beteja e Oranikut
Casualties
  • 1000
  • 10000
Result
  • Skanderbeg's victory
combatant
  • 40
Latitude
  • 41.516667
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  • Macedonia
Place
  • Plains of Oranik
Longitude
  • 20.533333
Conflict
  • Second Battle of Oranik
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  • The Second Battle of Oranik took place during the spring of 1456 in the plains of Oranik (Debar in modern day Macedonia). Moisi Arianit Golemi, lord of Debar, and one of Skanderbeg's officers, deserted to the Ottomans following the defeat at Berat in 1455. Golemi set of from Adrianople with a force of 15,000 men to capture Albania but was swiftly defeated by Skanderbeg's smaller forces.