Lacy's campaign to Crimea

Lacy's campaign to Crimea (1737)
Part of the Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739)
Crimean campaign showed on a map
Date May – October 1737 Location Syvash, Arabat Spit, Crimean Peninsula Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire Zaporozhian Sich Don Cossacks Kalmyk Khanate	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate
Commanders and leaders
Peter Lacy Peter Bredal Gustaf Otto Douglas Galdan-Narbo	Fetih II Giray Hacı Mehmed Pasha
Strength
40,000	40,000–60,000

Lacy's campaign to Crimea was a military expedition from May to October 1737 by the Don army under the command of Field Marshal Peter Lacy, along with Cossacks and Kalmyk auxiliary cavalry led by Prince Galdan-Narbo, against the forces of the Crimean Khanate led by Fetih II Giray during the Russo-Turkish War of 1735–1739. The battles culminated in Russian victory at the Salgir River in Crimea on July 12, 1737, and in the vicinity of Karasubazar on July 14.