Battle of Chițcani (1683)

Battle of Chițcani (1683) was a battle of the united Cossack troops of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth under the command of the Right-bank Hetman Stefan Kunicki and Moldavian army Ștefan Petriceicu with detachments of the Budjak Horde on 5 December 1683 during the Kunicki's expedition on the Right-bank and Moldavia at the beginning of the Polish-Ottoman War (1683–1699).

Battle of Chițcani (1683)
Part of Polish-Ottoman War (1683-1699), Great Turkish War and the Kunicki's expedition on the Right-bank and Moldavia
Date5 December 1683
Location
Chițcani, Moldavia
Result Polish-Cossack-Moldavian victory
Belligerents
  • Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • Zaporozhian Cossacks
  •  Moldavia
Commanders and leaders
  • Stefan Kunicki
  • Ștefan Petriceicu
 Ali-Pasha
Strength
15,000-18,000 25,000
Casualties and losses
unknown unknown (many killed)
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