Battle of Podhajce (1698)

The Battle of Podhajce took place on 89 September 1698 near Podhajce in Ruthenian Voivodship during the Great Turkish War. In response to the impending military campaign of the Polish, the Ottoman Empire made a pre-emptive strike on the area of Commonwealth. Near Podhajce 6000-strong Polish army under Field Crown Hetman Feliks Kazimierz Potocki repelled approximately 14,000 man Tatar expedition under Qaplan I Giray.

Battle of Podhajce (1698)
Part of the Great Turkish War and the Polish–Ottoman War

Józef Brandt, "Battle against Tatars"
DateSeptember 8–9, 1698
Location
Podhajce, Ruthenian Voivodship (today Pidhaitsi, Ukraine)
Result Polish-Lithuanian victory
Belligerents
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Ottoman Empire
Crimean Khanate
Budjak Horde
Commanders and leaders
Feliks Kazimierz Potocki
Nikodem Żaboklicki
Krzysztof Skarbek
Qaplan Giray
Ğazı III Giray
Strength
6,000
    • 5,000 cavalry
    • 1,000 infantry
    • 16 light cannons
11,000-14,000
Casualties and losses
Uncertain
c.100-650
960 (Parthenay)
Uncertain
c.200-3,000
6,000 (Jonsac)
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