Siege of Kamenets

1672 siege

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Siege of Kamenets

Part of the Polish–Ottoman War (1672–76)

Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle until 1875
| Date| 18–27 August 1672

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Location|

Kamianets-Podilskyi

Result|  Ottoman Victory
Belligerents
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth|  Ottoman Empire
Crimean Khanate
Cossack Hetmanate
Moldavia
Wallachia
Lipka Tatars
Commanders and leaders
Jerzy Wołodyjowski
Mikołaj Potocki
Wespazjan Lanckoroński|  Mehmed IV
Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha "Commander"
Abdi Pasha the Albanian
Selim I Giray
Petro Doroshenko
George Ducas
Grigore I Ghica
Strength
1,500 troops[1]|  120,000 troops, 100 guns[1]
Casualties and losses
500[2]|  5,000-8,000 killed
10,000 wounded[2]

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Polish–Ottoman War
(1672–1676)

* Batoh (1672)
* Ładyżyn (1672)
* Uman (1672)
* Kamieniec Podolski (1672)
* Korec (1672)
* Lwów (1672)
* Sobieski's trip to the Tatar forces (1672)
* Krasnobród (1672)
* Bełz (1672)
* Narol (1672)
* Niemirów (1672)
* Komarno (1672)
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* Khotyn (1673)
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The siege of Kamieniec Podolski (Polish: Oblężenie Kamieńca Podolskiego; Turkish: Kamaniçe kuşatması[3]) was laid by the Ottoman Empire on August 18, 1672, in the Polish fortress of Kamieniec Podolski (now: Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine). It lasted until August 27, when Polish forces defending the city capitulated. During the siege, legendary Polish hero, stolnik przemyski pułkownik Jerzy Wołodyjowski led many successful sallies with light cavalry.

Kamieniec Podolski, known as the "key to Podolia", had heavy, but obsolete fortifications, and a garrison of about 1500 soldiers (Poles and Lithuanians). The Ottoman army was under command of Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha[3] and numbered 150 thousand soldiers with reinforcements from the army of Tatars, Moldavians, Wallachians and Cossacks. Polish forces were commanded by Starosta of Podole, Mikolaj Potocki, and consisted of several units, such as infantry regiment of Bishop of Kraków Andrzej Trzebicki, two regiments of Captains Wasowicz and Bukar, permanent garrison of Major Kwasiborski, and other smaller units under Jan Mokrzycki, Jerzy Wolodyjowski, Rotmeister Myliszewski, Chorazy Wojciech Humecki, Stolnik Stanislaw Makowiecki, and Czesnik Jozef Wasilkowski. Polish forces of some 1,500 were inadequate to successfully defend such a large fortress.

First Crimean Tatar units appeared near Kamieniec Podolski on August 12, and two days later, main Ottoman army camped by the town. After building seven large sconces, Turkish artillery began a barrage with its 120 modern cannons. It paralyzed Polish defence, and on August 20, the Turks managed to score a direct hit in one of the towers of the Old Castle, which served as an ammunition depot. The tower blew up in a large explosion, which was followed by a Turkish attack on Kamieniec. Poles managed to defend the fortress, but with very heavy losses. After the attack, Mikolaj Potocki decided to abandon the New Castle, under which Turkish miners dug deep tunnels, placing explosives in them. The Old Castle with its medieval walls was not prepared for a modern siege, and Potocki’s decision placed the defenders in a very difficult position. On August 25 the Turks dug a tunnel under one of the towers, and managed to destroy it. Another attack followed, again repelled by the Poles.

On August 26, 1672, Potocki decided to capitulate and on August 30, Polish forces left Kamieniec. The Pasha entered the city three days later. Turkish occupiers remained in Kamieniec for 27 years, until 1699. In 1692, to stop a possible Turkish attack, Hetman Stanislaw Jan Jablonowski built the stronghold of Okopy Swietej Trojcy some 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Kamieniec.

On October 17, 1672, Poland signed the Treaty of Buczacz, wherein Poland and Lithuania agreed to pay a yearly tribute of 22,000 ducats to the Turks. However, these arrangements were not accepted by the Polish parliament. A new army was assembled, at the head of which Hetman Jan Sobieski crushed the Turks at Chocim in November 1673. The war lasted until 1676. Kamieniec returned to Poland in 1699, following the Treaty of Karlowitz.

## References

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1. ^ a b Davies 2007, p. 156.
2. ^ a b Derdej, Piotr (2009). Kamieniec Podolski 1672. p. 91.
3. ^ a b Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm ansiklopedisi: Cilt 33. 2007. ISBN 9789753894272.

## Bibliography

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* Davies, Brian L (2007). Warfare, State and Society on the Black Sea Steppe, 1500-1700. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780415239851.

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* 1877 Plevna

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