Battle of Iași (1653)
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Battle of Iași | |||||||
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Part of Khmelnytsky Uprising Cossack campaigns to Moldavia and Moldavian campaign of Tymofiy Khmelnytsky | |||||||
Gheorghe Ștefan (Görgicze) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Cossack Hetmanate Crimean Khanate | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Tymofiy Khmelnytsky | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
10-20,000 with 6 guns | 13,000 Cossacks, 2,000 Tatars, 11 cannons[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
high | unknown |
The Battle of Iași is a battle between Cossack-Tatar troops on one side and Transylvanian-Moldavian-Wallachian troops on the other side on 1 May 1653 near Iași.
In April 1653, Tymofiy Khmelnytsky launched a military campaign into the Moldavia and Wallachia to restore the Moldavian throne to his father-in-law and ally Vasile Lupu. Lupu was deposed from the throne by Gheorghe Ștefan with the support of the Wallachian gentleman Matei Basarab. On April 28, Cossack troops crossed the Prut River, entering the territory of Western Moldavia. Across the river, they encountered significant Wallachian-Moldavian-Transylvanian forces under the command of Gheorghe Ștefan. On May 1, Moldavian cavalry attacked the Cossack forces, after which the Moldavians began cannon fire on the enemy. The Cossacks also responded with cannon fire, launching an offensive.[2]
The enemy attack and shelling of Moldavian positions forced the Moldavian troops to retreat. On May 2, the Cossack troops entered Iași unhindered, where Vasile Lupu was again proclaimed Lord of Moldavia.
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- ^ Tomasz Ciesielski - Od Batohu do Żwańca, Wydawnictwo Inforteditions, ISBN 978-83-89943-23-1 2007
- ^ Tomasz Ciesielski - Od Batohu do Żwańca, Wydawnictwo Inforteditions, ISBN 978-83-89943-23-1 2007