Battle of Pelekanon

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Battle of Pelekanon
Part of the Byzantine-Ottoman wars
Date June 10-11, 1329
Location near Nicomedia, Bithynia
Result Ottoman victory
Combatants
Byzantine Empire Ottoman Turks
Commanders
Andronicus III Orhan I
Byzantine-Ottoman wars
Bapheus - Brusa - Pelekanon - Nicaea - Nicomedia - Gallipoli - Adrianople - Constantinople

The Battle of Pelekanon or Battle of Pelekanos occurred on June 10-11, 1329 between an expeditionary force by the Byzantines led by Andronicus III and an Ottoman army led by Orhan I. The Byzantines were defeated, with no further attempt made at relieving the cities in Anatolia under Ottoman siege.