Battle of Martynów (1699)
Part of Tatar raids on the Commonwealth
Juliusz Kossak "Taniec Tatarski"
Date 21 February 1699 Location Martynów Nowy,Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 49°13′15″N24°32′55″E / 49.22083°N 24.54861°E /49.22083; 24.54861 Result Crimean Tatar victory
Belligerents
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth	Crimean Khanate
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Unknown[1]
Strength
600[1]	less than 5,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

TheBattle of Martynów - took place at Martynów on 21 February 1699, ending in defeat of the Polish army. It was a battle between the armies of thePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and theCrimean Khanate.^[a]

In December 1698, aPolish-Turkish peace treaty was signed in Karlowitz with provisions related to the end of thePolish-Turkish war (1683-1699), theTatars were forbidden to invade the lands of the Republic.^[3]

During the winter period in the military groupings (Moldavian, Pokuttya, Podestan and Lviv) in the border areas. InTatar tactics, the most important objective was to obtain loot and to avoid losses of their own, which resulted in avoiding major clashes with enemy troops.^[4]

On 21 February 1699, at the Dniester crossing near Martynov, there was a clash betweenPolish forces and part of theTatar forces. The attack was made by about 600 soldiers including theWallachians of Adam Sieniawski and thehussars ofMichał Warszycki. TheTatars successfully repulsed the Poles and took prisoners.^[1]

TheTatars left with the captured yasir, after crossing the Dniester they continued their plundering on the territory of the Halich lands (area ofPodkamień,Rohatyn,Bursztyn and Mariampol) and partially of theLviv lands. TheTatars left the lands of theCommonwealth around 22–23 February.^[5]

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• Battles of the Polish–Ottoman War (1683–1699)

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