Battle of Podhajce (1667)

Battle of Podhajce (1667)
Part of the Polish–Cossack–Tatar War (1666–1671)
Polish–Lithuanian cavalry attacking the Tatars and the Cossacks during the battle. Painting by Józef Brandt
Date 6–16 October 1667 Location Podhajce, Ruthenian Voivodeship, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 49°16′10″N 25°8′10″E / 49.26944°N 25.13611°E / 49.26944; 25.13611 Result Polish–Lithuanian victory
Belligerents
Crimean Khanate Cossack Hetmanate	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Commanders and leaders
Adil Giray Petro Doroshenko	John III Sobieski Aleksander Polanowski
Strength
17,000–18,000 Tatars 12,000–15,000 Cossacks 3,000 Janissaries 52 cannons	6,000–15,000 servants and peasants 3,000–4,000 cavalry and infantry 18 cannons
Casualties and losses
Unknown	500 killed and wounded[1]

The Battle of Podhajce (October 6–16, 1667) was fought in the town of Podhajce in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (nowadays Pidhaitsi, western Ukraine), and the area surrounding it as part of the Polish-Tartar War and the Great Turkish War. The army of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth under John III Sobieski, totaling around 9,000 men, defeated Tatar and Cossack forces under Petro Doroshenko and Adil Giray, which totaled around 35,000 men.^[2]