Battle of the Cosmin Forest
| Battle of the Cosmin Forest | |||||||
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| Part of the Polish–Ottoman War (1485–1503) and Moldavian campaign (1497–1499) | |||||||
Cherubin Gniewosz in the battle of Suceava (original by J. Kossak, c. 1890) (English) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Kingdom of Poland |
Moldavia Ottoman Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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King John I Albert Stanisław Chodecki | Stephen III of Moldavia | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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40,000 troops 40,000 servants |
18,000 Moldavians 10,000 Wallachians and Tatars 500 Janissaries | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2,000–5,000 | Minor | ||||||
The Battle of the Cosmin Forest (1497) (Romanian: bătălia de la Codrii Cosminului; Polish: bitwa pod Koźminem) was fought between the Moldavian Prince, Ștefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great), and King John I of Poland (John I Albert) of the Kingdom of Poland. The battle took place in northern Moldavia, about 50 km north of the-then capital of Suceava (Polish: Suczawa), in the hills between Adâncata (nowadays Hlyboka), situated in the valley of the Siret River, and Cernăuți (nowadays Chernivtsi), situated in the valley of the Prut River, and resulted in a major victory for the Ottomans and their Moldavian vassals.