Battle of the Cosmin Forest

Battle of the Cosmin Forest
Part of the Polish–Ottoman War (1485–1503) and Moldavian campaign (1497–1499)

Cherubin Gniewosz in the battle of Suceava (original by J. Kossak, c. 1890) (English)
Date26 October 1497
Location
Cosmin Forest, Moldavia, Ottoman Empire (today in Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine)
Result Moldavian victory
Belligerents
 Kingdom of Poland
Teutonic Order
 Moldavia
Ottoman Empire
Crimean Khanate
Kingdom of Hungary
Wallachia
Commanders and leaders
King John I Albert
Stanisław Chodecki
Jan Teczynski (POW)
Stephen III of Moldavia
Strength
59,400 men

44,000

  • 18,000 Moldavians
  • 12,000 Transylvanians
  • 8,000 Wallachians
  • 5,000 Ottomans
  • 1,000 Crimean Tatars
Casualties and losses
11,000 Unknown

The Battle of the Cosmin Forest was a military engagement between the Kingdom of Poland and a coalition army led by Stephen the Great consisting of mainly Moldavian forces alongside Transylvanian, Wallachian, Ottoman, and Crimean deployments. The battle resulted in a major victory for the coalition army.