Moldavian campaign of Dmytro Vyshnevetsky

Moldavian campaign of Dmytro Vyshnevetsky

Monument to Dymitr Wiśniowiecki in Zaporizhia, Ukraine
DateAugust 1563
Location
Result Moldavian–Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Moldavia
Ottoman Empire
Zaporozhian Cossacks
Kingdom of Poland
Commanders and leaders
Ștefan Tomșa Dmytro Vyshnevetsky (POW)
Jan Piasecki (POW)
Albrecht Łaski (AWOL)
Strength
Unknown; more than Cossacks and Poles 500–5,000
Casualties and losses
Heavy Most of the army killed or captured

The Moldavian campaign of Dmytro Vyshnevetsky was a military expedition carried out by the Cossacks of Dmytro Vyshnevetsky jointly with the Polish forces of Albrecht Łaski as a part of an ongoing internal conflict in Moldavia. There was a 500 to 5,000-strong Cossack-Polish detachment of Dmytro Vyshnevetsky that invaded Moldavia, but was defeated by an Moldavian-Ottoman army, with Vyshnevetsky and Jan Piasecki taken captive. The expedition took place at the same time as the Moldavian noble rebellion occurred.