Siege of Bar
| Siege of Bar | |||||||
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| Part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Zaporozhian Cossacks | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Maksym Kryvonis | Andrzej Potocki | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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10,000 Unspecified number of siege towers and cannons |
Unspecified total number of garrison 200 dragoons c. 17 cannons | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 14,000 captured | ||||||
| All Polish and Jewish civilians killed or enslaved | |||||||
The siege of Bar took place on 4 August 1648 between the Zaporozhian Cossacks and the Polish–Lithuanian garrison of the Bar fortress, during the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Cossack colonel Maksym Kryvonis laid siege to the fortress and captured it along with its garrison.