Battle of Khotyn (1621)

Battle of Khotyn (1621)
	Part of the Moldavian Magnate Wars and Polish–Ottoman War (1620–1621)
	; Battle of Chocim by Józef Brandt
Date	2 September — 9 October, 1621
Location	Near Khotyn (now Ukraine)
Result	Polish–Cossack victory; See Aftermath;
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 Polish-Lithuanian troops: 4,800 Lithuanian infantry;; 3,500 Lithuanian cavalry.; 20,000 Cossacks	120,000–160,000 Ottoman and Tatar, 13,000 Moldavian and Wallachian troops '34,825 Kapikulu (regular army)' ; ~18,000 Janissary; ~1,800 Cebeci; ~1,300 artillery corps ; ~13,000 Kapikulu cavalry.
Casualties and losses
14,000 killed	40,000 killed

The Battle of Khotyn or Battle of Chocim or Khotyn War (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.

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