Battle of Cecora (1620)

Not to be confused with Battle of Cecora (1595).

Battle of Cecora
Part of the Moldavian Magnate Wars and the Polish–Ottoman War (1620–1621)

Death of Hetman Stanislaw Żółkiewski with his confessor, Father Szymon Wybierski, in the Battle of Cecora (1620), painting by Walery Eljasz-Radzikowski
Date17 September – 7 October 1620
Location
Near Țuțora and the Prut River, Moldavia
Result Ottoman victory[1]
Belligerents
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Moldavia		 Ottoman Empire
Crimean Khanate
Transylvania
Commanders and leaders
Stanisław Żółkiewski  †
Stanisław Koniecpolski
Gaspar Graziani		 Iskender Pasha
Khan Temir
Gabor Bethlen
Strength
9,000 Commonwealth troops[2]
600–1,000 Moldavian troops		 20,000 Ottoman troops[2] to 60,000[3]: 344 
Casualties and losses
Majority killed or captured Unknown

The Battle of Cecora (also known as the Battle of Țuțora) took place during the Polish–Ottoman War (1620–21) between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (aided by rebel Moldavian troops) and Ottoman forces (backed by Nogais),[3]: 344  fought from 17 September to 7 October 1620 in Moldavia, near the Prut River.[4]: 568 

  1. ^ Battle of Cecora (1620), Alexander Mikaberidze, Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia, Vol. I, ed. Alexander Mikaberidze, (ABC-CLIO, 2011), 237.
  2. ^ a b Battle of Cecora (1620), Alexander Mikaberidze, Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia, Vol. I, 237.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Hrushevsky was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Tucker, S.C., editor, 2010, A Global Chronology of Conflict, Vol. Two, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, LLC, ISBN 9781851096671