Battle of Bursztyn

Battle of Bursztyn
Part of Tatar raids on the Commonwealth

Outskirts of Burshtyn, where the battle took place
Date9 October of 1629
Location
Near Bursztyn, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (now Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine)
Result Polish–Lithuanian–Cossack victory
Belligerents
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Zaporozhian Cossacks		 Crimean Khanate
Nogai Horde
Commanders and leaders
Stefan Chmielecki
Hryhoriy Chorny		 Kalga Devlet-Giray
Aslan-Giray (POW)
Khan Temir
Strength
2,000 Poles and Cossacks 10,000–15,000 men
Casualties and losses
Unknown Many killed
2,000 captured
10,000 captives were freed

The Battle of Bursztyn or Battle of Gnila Lipa was a battle that took place in October of 1629 between the Polish-Lithuanian-Cossack army of Stanislaw Chmielecki and Hrytsko Chornyi against the Crimean Tatar raiders.

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