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Battle of Khotyn
On November 11, 1673, the Polish-Lithuanian forces routed the Ottoman-Tatar alliance near the fortress of Khotyn on the Dniester, a decisive victory …
Timeline
- 1673Khotyn fortress · UkraineThe Ottoman-Tatar alliance gathered in the Khotyn region, seeking to consolidate control over Right-Bank Ukraine; the Polish forces under Sobieski marched north to meet them, and the two sides faced off across the Dniester.
- 1673Khotyn · UkrainePolish infantry and winged hussars, supported by artillery, launched a fierce assault, breaking the Ottoman center and collapsing the Tatar flank; the enemy suffered heavy casualties and retreated in disorder, ending in a decisive Polish victory at Khotyn.
- 1674Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth · PolandThe great victory at Khotyn made Sobieski a national hero, directly propelling his election as king of Poland in the 1674 free election, and restoring some of the Commonwealth's initiative in subsequent wars against the Ottomans.
Sources
- Battle of Khotyn (1673) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Khotyn_(1673)
- Davies, Norman. God's Playground: A History of Poland, Vol. I — Norman Davies (1982)