Battle of Khotyn (1621)
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The Battle of Khotyn or Battle of Chocim or Khotyn War[8] (in Turkish: Hotin Muharebesi) was a combined siege and series of battles which took place from 2 September to 9 October 1621 between a Polish-Lithuanian army with Cossack allies, commanded by the Grand Hetman of Lithuania Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, and an invading Ottoman Imperial army, led by Sultan Osman II, which was stopped until the first autumn snows. On 9 October, due to the lateness of the season and heavy losses - due to failed assaults on Commonwealth fortifications - the Ottomans abandoned their siege and the battle concluded with a stalemate, which is reflected in the treaty where some sections favour the Ottomans while others favoured the Commonwealth. Chodkiewicz died on 24 September 1621 shortly before concluding a treaty with the Turks.
Battle of Khotyn (1621) | |||||||
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Part of the Moldavian Magnate Wars and Polish–Ottoman War (1620–1621) | |||||||
Battle of Chocim by Józef Brandt | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Registered Cossacks |
Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Wallachia Moldavia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Grand Hetman Jan Karol Chodkiewicz # Regimentarz Stanisław Lubomirski Crown Prince Władysław Vasa Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny |
Sultan Osman II Grand Vizier Ohrili Hüseyin Pasha Khan Temir Canibek Giray | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
25,000[2] Polish-Lithuanian troops: 20,000 Cossacks[2] |
120,000–160,000 Ottoman[4] and Tatar, 13,000 Moldavian and Wallachian troops[5][better source needed] '34,825 Kapikulu (regular army)'[6]~18,000 Janissary ~1,800 Cebeci ~1,300 artillery corps ~13,000 Kapikulu cavalry. | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
14,000[7] killed | 40,000[7] killed |