Battle of Khotyn ( Ottoman vs Polish Lithuanian)
The Battle of Khotyn or Battle of Chocim (Turkish: Hotin Muharebesi; Polish : Bitwa pod Chocimiem) was a combined siege and series of battles which took place between 2 September and 9 October 1621 between a PolishLithuanian Commonwealth army with Cossack allies, commanded by the Grand Hetman of Lithuania Jan Karol Chodkiewicz Crown Prince Władysław Vasa, and an invading Ottoman Imperial army, led by Sultan Osman II Grand Vizier Ohrili Hüseyin Pasha at the border fortress of Khotyn in Dniester river. Ottomans retaliate the previous PolishLithuanian incursion into Ottoman Moldavia, the invasion was stopped at the Battle of Cecora (Battle of Țuțora) where the entire PolishLithuanian Crown army under Hetman Stanislaw Żółkiewski was annihilated by Iskender Pasha Khan Temir (Cantemir). The siege of Khotyn was stopped on 9 October, due to the lateness of the season and heavy losses due to failed assaults on Commonwealth fortifications and t
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