Battle of Chocim (1673)

Battle of Khotyn
Part of the Polish–Ottoman War (1672–76)
Battle of Khotyn 1673
Date 11 November 1673 Location Khotyn, Ukraine 48°29′N 26°30′E / 48.483°N 26.500°E / 48.483; 26.500Coordinates: 48°29′N 26°30′E / 48.483°N 26.500°E / 48.483; 26.500 Result Polish victory
Belligerents
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth  Principality of Moldavia  Principality of Wallachia	Ottoman Empire Defected:  Principality of Moldavia  Principality of Wallachia
Commanders and leaders
John Sobieski Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł Grigore I Ghica	Hüseyin Pasha
Strength
30,000 Poles and Lithuanians troops 300 Lipka Tatar	35,000 and 120 canons
Casualties and losses
Insignificant	Around 30,000 dead, wounded and captured 120 guns

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
 Principality of Moldavia

 Ottoman Empire

Defected:

The Battle of Khotyn or Battle of Chocim or Hotin War was a battle held on 11 November 1673, where Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under hetman John Sobieski defeated Ottoman Empire forces under Hussain Pasha. It reversed the fortunes of the previous year, when Commonwealth weakness led to the signing of the Treaty of Buchach, and allowed John Sobieski to win the upcoming royal election and become the king of Poland.

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