Battle of Chmielnik

Battle of Chmielnik
	Part of the Mongol invasion of Poland
Date	18 March 1241
Location	Chmielnik ; (between Kraków and Kielce, Poland)
Result	Mongol victory
Belligerents
Mongol Empire	Kingdom of Poland
Commanders and leaders
Baidar	Włodzimierz of Cracow †; Pakosław of Sandomierz †; Klement of Brzeźnica †
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Heavy

The Battle of Chmielnik occurred on 18 March 1241 during the Mongol invasion of Poland. It ended in the defeat of the Polish armies of Sandomierz and Kraków provinces. The Mongols were able to move unimpeded, and plunder the abandoned city of Kraków.

^ Grousset, René (1970). The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia. Rutgers University Press. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-8135-1304-1. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
^ Saunders, J. J. (29 March 2001). The History of the Mongol Conquests. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-8122-1766-7. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

[Grousset266-1] Grousset, René (1970). The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia. Rutgers University Press. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-8135-1304-1. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

[Saunders85-2] Saunders, J. J. (29 March 2001). The History of the Mongol Conquests. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-8122-1766-7. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

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Battle of Chmielnik

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