Battle of Khotyn (1673)

Battle of Khotyn
	Part of the Polish–Ottoman War (1672–76)
	; Battle of Khotyn in 1673, Jan van Huchtenburg
Date	11 November 1673
Location	Khotyn, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth48°29′N 26°30′E / 48.483°N 26.500°E
Result	Polish-Lithuanian victory
Belligerents
Poland–Lithuania ; Moldavia ; Wallachia	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
John Sobieski ; Michał Radziwiłł ; Grigore Ghica	Hüseyin Pasha
Strength
29,000–30,000	35,000
Casualties and losses
2,000 killed and wounded	20,000 killed and wounded

The Battle of Khotyn or Battle of Chocim or Hotin War^[4] was a battle on 11 November 1673, where the forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth under hetman John Sobieski defeated Ottoman Empire forces led by Hussain Pasha. It reversed the fortunes of the previous year, when Commonwealth weakness led to the signing of the Treaty of Buchach, and allowed John Sobieski to win the upcoming royal election and become the king of Poland.

Description

Polish-Lithuanian forces, with Moldavian and Wallachian regiments, were 30,000 strong. The Turks commanded 35,000 troops and 120 guns. Rockets made by Kazimierz Siemienowicz were used successfully. The victory allowed the Commonwealth to revoke the unfavourable Peace of Buchach and set the stage for the role Sobieski was to play in the Battle of Vienna in 1683.

Name

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

Aftermath

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

Bibliography

Alan Palmer, The Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire, Published by Barnes & Noble Publishing, 1992. ISBN 1-56619-847-X.
Winged Hussars, Radoslaw Sikora, Bartosz Musialowicz, BUM Magazine, 2016.

References

^ Marek Wagner, Wojna polsko-turecka w latach 1672-1676 t.1, Infort Editions, Zabrze 2009, p 376, ISBN 978-83-89943-34-7
^ Marek Wagner, Wojna polsko-turecka w latach 1672-1676 t.1, Infort Editions, Zabrze 2009, p 374, ISBN 978-83-89943-34-7
^ ^a ^b Marek Wagner, Wojna polsko-turecka w latach 1672-1676 t.1, Infort Editions, Zabrze 2009, p 392, ISBN 978-83-89943-34-7
^ DeVries, Kelly Robert (1 May 2014). "The European tributary states of the Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries". Choice. 51 (9): 51–5179. doi:10.5860/CHOICE.51-5179. ISSN 0009-4978.

[Marek_Wagner_p_376-1] Marek Wagner, Wojna polsko-turecka w latach 1672-1676 t.1, Infort Editions, Zabrze 2009, p 376, ISBN 978-83-89943-34-7

[Marek_Wagner_p_374-2] Marek Wagner, Wojna polsko-turecka w latach 1672-1676 t.1, Infort Editions, Zabrze 2009, p 374, ISBN 978-83-89943-34-7

[Marek_Wagner_p_392-3] Marek Wagner, Wojna polsko-turecka w latach 1672-1676 t.1, Infort Editions, Zabrze 2009, p 392, ISBN 978-83-89943-34-7

[4] DeVries, Kelly Robert (1 May 2014). "The European tributary states of the Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries". Choice. 51 (9): 51–5179. doi:10.5860/CHOICE.51-5179. ISSN 0009-4978.

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