Battle of Czarny Ostrów
| Battle of Czarny Ostrów | |||||||
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| Part of the Deluge, Brest Campaign, Second Northern War and Khmelnytsky Uprising | |||||||
George II Rákóczi- Transylvanian prince who, after several months of fighting in Poland lost his entire army. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Principality of Transylvania Cossack Hetmanate Moldavia |
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Crimean Khanate | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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George II Rakoczi Anton Zhdanovych |
Stefan Czarniecki Jerzy Lubomirski Stanislaw Potocki | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 42,000 | 28,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Heavy | Unknown | ||||||
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The Battle of Czarny Ostrów took place on July 20, 1657, during the period in Polish history known as the Deluge. The Polish Crown army commanded by Hetmans Stefan Czarniecki, Jerzy Lubomirski and Stanisław Potocki, supported by Crimean Tatars, defeated a Transylvanian-Cossack-Moldavian-Wallachian army under George II Rakoczi.