Battle of Khotyn Part of the Polish–Ottoman War (1672–76) Battle of Khotyn 1673 Date November 11, 1673 Location Khotyn, Ukraine 48°29′N 26°30′E / 48.483°N 26.500°E / 48.483; 26.500Coordinates: 48°29′N 26°30′E / 48.483°N 26.500°E / 48.483; 26.500 Result Polish victory Belligerents Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth  Principality of Moldavia  Principality of Wallachia  Ottoman Empire Defected:  Principality of Moldavia  Principality of Wallachia Commanders and leaders Jan Sobieski Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł Grigore I Ghica Hussain Pasha Strength 30,000 Poles and Lithuanians troops 300 Lipka Tatar[citation needed] 35,000 Ottomans troops 120 guns Casualties and losses Very light Around 30,000 dead, wounded and captured 120 guns

Polish–Ottoman War (1672–76) Ładyżyn (1672) Uman (1672) Kamieniec Podolski (1672) Korec (1672) Lwów trip to forces of Tatars (1672) Krasnobród (1672) Narol (1672) Niemirów (1672) Komarno (1672) Petranka (1672) Kałusz (1672) Khotyn (1673) Lesienice (1675) Trembowla (1675) Wojniłów (1675) Żurawno (1676)

Jan Sobieski in battle of Khotyn 1673

The Battle of Khotyn or Battle of Chocim or Hotin War^[1] was a battle held on the 11 November 1673, where Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under hetman Jan Sobieski defeated Ottoman Empire forces under Hussain Pasha. It reversed the fortunes of the previous year, when Commonwealth weakness led to the signing of the Peace of Buczacz, and allowed Jan Sobieski to win the upcoming royal election and become the king of Poland.

Polish-Lithuanian forces and Wallachian regiments were 30 thousand strong. The Turks commanded 35 thousand troops and 120 guns. In this battle rockets of Kazimierz Siemienowicz were deployed successfully. The victory allowed the Poles to revoke the unfavourable Peace of Buczacz and set the stage for the role Sobieski was to play in the Battle of Vienna in 1683.

Name[edit]

Khotyn (Polish: Chocim; Romanian: Hotin; Turkish: Hotin; Russian: Хоти́н, translit. Khotin) was conquered and controlled by many different states, resulting in many name changes. Other name variations include Chotyn, or Choczim (especially in Polish).

Aftermath[edit]

The Turkish forces withdrew from Poland after having their supplies captured and most of their artillery. Sobieski and the nobles returned to Warsaw for elections following the death of Michael Wisniowiecki, King of Poland, the day before the battle.

Bibliography[edit]

• Alan Palmer, The Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire, Published by Barnes & Noble Publishing, 1992. ISBN 1-56619-847-X.
• Miltiades Varvounis, Jan Sobieski. The King Who Saved Europe, Xlibris, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4628-8081-2.

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