ORDER OF BATTLE // August 2, 1876
Battle of Fundina
Estimated force strength by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Forces engaged
2 sides catalogued · combined 54,100 estimated
Montenegro
4,100
Medium-confidence figure
Ottoman Empire
50,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of Fundina was fought on St. Elijah's Day, a date of religious significance, during the Montenegrin–Ottoman War of 1876–78. The engagement pitted a Montenegrin force of approximately 4,100 men under Ilija Plamenac and Marko Miljanov Popović against an Ottoman force reported at 50,000, with Ottoman casualties recorded at around 10,000. The scale of reported losses relative to the force disparity marks Fundina as a notable engagement within Montenegro's broader resistance campaign against Ottoman forces during the war. The battle took place in the village of Fundina in the Kuči region of the Principality of Montenegro, an area whose local terrain and population would have shaped the character of the fighting.
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