Battle of Ładyżyn explained

Conflict:Battle of Ladyzhyn
Place:Ladyzhyn, Ukraine
Combatant1: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Zaporozhian Cossacks
Combatant2: Zaporozhian Cossacks
Crimean Khanate
Ottoman Empire
Result:Pyrthic Polish-Cossack victory
Date:18 July 1672
Strength1:6,500
Strength2:9,000
Commander1: Mykhailo Khanenko
Karol Łużecki
Commander2: Petro Doroshenko
Safa Giray
Partof:Polish-Ottoman War (1672-1676)

The Battle of Ladyzhyn or Battle of Ładyżyn (Polish: Bitwa pod Ładyżynem) took place on July 18, 1672, during the Polish–Ottoman War (1672–76). It involved a 9,000 strong army, which consisted of Crimean Tatars and a unit of Zaporozhian Cossacks loyal to Petro Doroshenko against a pro-Polish regiment of the Cossack Hetman Mykhailo Khanenko. The forces met near Ladyzhyn, which at that time was called Ładyżyn.

Since Khanenko’s regiment numbered only 4,000 soldiers, he asked for help from the Castellan of Podlasie, Karol Luzecki, with 2,500 cavalry and dragoons. Khanenko and Luzecki joined forces on July 18, and marched towards the village of Czetwertynowka. Their army consisted of a traditional Cossack tabor in the center, Polish cavalry on both sides, and dragoons in the back. After a small skirmish, a Cossack unit loyal to Doroshenko was pushed beyond the Boh river. Polish cavalry continued the advance, but the opponent counterattacked, which resulted in heavy Polish losses.

The skirmish, due to the efforts of Khanenko and Luzecki, ended in a costly Polish-Cossack victory, as their losses were very high.

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