Battle of Batih (Battle of Batoh)

Timeline

1. c. 1652Podolian plain · PodoliaThe Polish–Lithuanian Crown Field Hetman Marcin Kalinowski marched south, attempting to stop Cossack hetman Khmelnytsky's expansion through marriage alliance with Moldavia. Khmelnytsky joined forces with the Tatar cavalry of Crimean khan İslâm III Giray (reigned 1644–1654), encircling the Polish forces around the Batih hills.
2. 1652Battlefield on the Batih River · PodoliaKhmelnytsky directed Cossack infantry and artillery in a frontal engagement, while Crimean Tatar cavalry swung around to outflank both wings, completely surrounding the Polish army. After two days of fierce fighting, Kalinowski himself was killed, the Polish army was nearly annihilated, and many prisoners were carried off by the Tatars into slavery.
3. 1652–1653Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth · Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthThe disastrous defeat at Batih gravely weakened the elite forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, forcing the nobility to suspend large-scale military operations in Ukraine. Khmelnytsky seized the opportunity to expand Cossack-controlled territory, but subsequently turned to seeking the protection of the Tsar of Russia; the 1654 Pereyaslav Agreement was closely related to the strategic situation after this battle.