Battle of Komarno | |||||||
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Part of Polish-Ottoman War (1672–1676) | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
2,500 cavalry and dragoons |
10,000 Crimean Tatars 400 Lipka Tatars 400 Cossacks | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Minor | Only 1,500 Tatars survived |
The Battle of Komarno[1] took place on October 9, 1672, during the Polish-Ottoman War (1672-1676). It was part of Jan III Sobieski’s autumn expedition, aimed at destruction of mounted Tatar units, which plundered southeastern provinces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.