When it comes to the Polish-Turkish war of 1672-76, most people have heard of two events from that war. The first is, made famous by Sienkiewicz, the capture of Kamieniec Podolski by the Turks in August 1672 and the death of Jerzy Wołodyjowski, and the second event is the Battle of Chocim (11 November 1673), in which Sobieski led the Polish-Lithuanian troops and almost completely annihilated the Turkish army.
Today I will write about a slightly less known event, called in Polish “wyprawa na czambuły” – the Jan Sobieski’s campaign against Tatars. The tactic chosen by Sobieski brought enormous success to the Polish side, but let’s start from the beginning.
Polish traces around the world 