Battle of Trembowla
The Battle of Trembowla, more popularly known as the Defence of Trembowla took place between September 20 – October 11, 1675, during the Polish-Ottoman War (1672-1676). Heroic resistance of Polish forces became a symbol, and was glorified and immortalised in the paintings of Franciszek Smuglewicz, Józef Peszka and Aleksander Lesser.
| Battle of Trembowla | |||||||
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| Part of the Polish–Ottoman War (1672–76) | |||||||
Anna Dorota Chrzanowska in Trembowla, by Leopold Löffler | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Ottoman Empire | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Ibrahim Shishman | Jan Samuel Chrzanowski | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 10,000 | 80 infantry 200 peasants | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| unknown | Light | ||||||
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