Battle of Podhajce took place on 8–9 September 1698 near
Podhajce in
Ruthenian Voivodship during the
Great Turkish War
The Great Turkish War (german: Großer Türkenkrieg), also called the Wars of the Holy League ( tr, Kutsal İttifak Savaşları), was a series of conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League consisting of the Holy Roman Empire, Pola ...
. 6000-strong
Polish army under
Field Crown Hetman Feliks Kazimierz Potocki
Feliks Kazimierz "Szczęsny" Potocki (1630–1702) was a Polish noble, magnate and military leader.
He was the son of Hetman and magnate Stanisław "Rewera" Potocki and Zofia Kalinowska, and brother of Hetman Andrzej Potocki. He married the ...
repelled a 14,000 man
Tatar
The Tatars ()[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different expedition under
Qaplan I Giray
Qaplan I Giray was three times khan of the Crimean Khanate. He was the son of Selim I Giray and thus one of the six brothers who ruled for most the period from 1699 to 1743. During his first reign he was defeated by the Kabardians. His second r ...
. Lack of sufficient number of light cavalry on the Polish side prevented a successful pursuit of Tatars and their captives.
It was the last Polish-Tatar battle ever and the last Polish battle of the
Great Turkish War
The Great Turkish War (german: Großer Türkenkrieg), also called the Wars of the Holy League ( tr, Kutsal İttifak Savaşları), was a series of conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League consisting of the Holy Roman Empire, Pola ...
: only months later the
Treaty of Karlowitz
The Treaty of Karlowitz was signed in Karlowitz, Military Frontier of Archduchy of Austria (present-day Sremski Karlovci, Serbia), on 26 January 1699, concluding the Great Turkish War of 1683–1697 in which the Ottoman Empire was defeated by ...
was signed.
Sources
* (1762) ''Modern History being a Continuation of Universal History: History of Poland'' (Volume 34 of Modern History) London
pages 302-303
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