Siege of Brusa

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Siege of Brusa
Part of the Byzantine-Ottoman wars
Date 1326
Location Brusa
Result Ottoman victory
Combatants
Byzantine Empire Ottoman Turks
Commanders
Unknown Osman I,
Orhan I
Byzantine-Ottoman wars
Bapheus - Brusa - Pelekanon - Nicaea - Nicomedia - Gallipoli - Adrianople - Constantinople

The Siege of Brusa occurred in 1326, when the Ottomans deployed a bold plan to seize Brusa. The Ottomans had not captured a city before; the lack of expertise at this stage of the war meant that the city fell only after ten years. Some sources suggest nine years whilst others still eight years.