Battle of Kalnyk
| Battle of Kalnyk | |||||||
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| Part of Polish–Cossack–Tatar War (1666–1671) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Cossack Hetmanate |
Cossack Hetmanate Crimean Khanate | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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John III Sobieski Mykhailo Khanenko | Jarema Petranowski | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1,200 cavalry |
Infantry: 2,000 Cossacks: 1,000 Total: 3,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 500 killed | ||||||
The Battle of Kalnyk took place on 15-30 October 1671, during the Polish-Cossack-Tatar war of 1666-1671. The Polish crown hetman Jan Sobieski, supported by the Cossacks of Mykhailo Khanenko, besieged the Cossack garrison in the city of Kalnyk. Despite defeating the Cossack-Tatar forces in the battle on 21 of October, Sobieski failed to take Kalnyk after a two weeks-long unsuccessful siege and retreated to Bratslav.