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The battle of Olaschin (also Olasch or Olas) or battle at Bega river was an indecisive engagement between between an army of the holy roman empire under the command of Augustus II the Strong and an Ottoman army lead by sultan Mustafa II.

Background
In second half of the 1680s the Holy Roman Empire inflicted a series of severe defeats on the Ottoman armies and conquered almost all Hungary. Troops of the empire moved even South of the Danube capturing Belgrad and Niš. In 1688 the Holy Roman Empire got involved in the Nine Years' War and had to move some of its troop to the west. The Ottomans appointed more capable military leaders and managed to reconquer Belgrad and Niš in the following years. Petrovaradin and the Hungarian areas north of the Danube however remained under imperial control. The early 1690s saw some fighting along the border areas at the Danube and in Transylvania favouring the imperial troops for the most part, but the Ottomans managed to maintain their stronghold in Temesvar. In 1695 Augustus II took over the command of the imperial troops in Hungary, while the young Mustafa II ascended to the Ottoman throne. The energetic Mustafa decided to lead the armies himself. He marched his army into Transylvania and captured and plundered the cities of Lipova, Lugoj and Sebeş. Near Lugos he also defeated imperial under Veterani, which did not receive the expected reinforcements from the main army under the command of Augustus II.

Aftermath
Bega river