Battle of the Basya River
| Battle of the Basya River | |||||||||
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| Part of Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) | |||||||||
Stefan Czarniecki during Russo-Polish War, by January Suchodolski c. 1875, Museum of the Eastern Lands of the Old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Episode of the battle on the Basya River, on the right, the use of Cheval de frise by the Russian infantry is visible | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Russian Tsardom | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Stefan Czarniecki Paweł Jan Sapieha Michał Kazimierz Pac |
Yury Dolgorukov Osip Sukin | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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c. 20,000 20 cannons |
15,714 45 cannons | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 1,500 dead, captured and wounded | 1,099 dead, captured and wounded | ||||||||
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The Battle of the Basya River (Polish: Bitwa nad rzeką Basia) or Battle of Gubarevo (Russian: Битва у Губарево) took place 28 September 1660 near Basya river 40 kilometers from the city of Mogilev during Thirteen Years' War. Russian army fought against Crown and Lithuanians Armies. Neither side was able to gain a decisive victory and retreated to their camp, suffering significant losses. The combined forces were commanded by Stefan Czarniecki, who fought against Yuri Dolgorukov, who led his army to Belarus to replace Ivan Khovansky, who had been defeated earlier in the Battle of Polonka. The battle became one of the major battles of the war and the largest battle on the territory of Belarus in the century. Despite the fact that both armies retreated, the strategic consequences were on the side of the Russians, as the Poles and Lithuanians lifted the siege of Mogilev, started in the summer and abandoned plans to attack Smolensk.
The battle is notable for the use of Cheval de frise, (in Russian Slingshots – Рогатки), previously unknown to the world, some authors believe that it was the experience of their use in this war that popularized "Frisian horses" in Europe.