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[edit] Re-writing History

Serbs or serb supporters: please stop vandalizing the page by removing accurate but what maybe embarrassing info. Serbs did NOT help the Christians, in fact they helped the sultan (by blocking Skanderbeg and telling them of Hungarian plans) as they were vassals. [1]

[edit] Regarding Numbers

I couldn't find any info about the size of armies in any reputable source. any help?

• It is possible that the Ottoman army numbered about 60,000 men, but there were very few numbers of Turks. The army consisted mostly arabic slaves and Janissares, only 1,000 Turks as a maximum joined the battle, since the actual Turkish population was small.

"Hunyadi,who was now the richest landowner in Hungary, had raised an army of 24,000 men from his private resources, including German and Bohemian infantrymen armed with handguns to supplement his Hungarian cavalry. [...] This time the sultan brought on to the field a force of at least 60,000 men including Janissaries with muskets and a contingent of artillery." Jean W.Sedlar, East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500, p. 248

"Hunyadi led an army of 24,000 men, including 8,000 Wallachians, but suffered another military defeat without even seeing his Albanian allies." S.R. Turnbull, The Ottoman Empire 1326-1699, p. 36 Lysandros 03:15, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

I edited the battle section so that it was in better English. I didn't alter the factual information. I think it is unclear where the position of the Hungarian light cavalry when they were routed by the Turks, someone who knows more about this battle than me might want to elaborate? Hera52 10:34, 30 July 2007 (UTC)