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Polish–Ottoman War (1485–1503)

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In 1494, King John began military preparations for a new raid, despite a three-year truce that was signed on April 6 of that year. Stephen III refused to join the Polish effort, fearing that Moldavia would become the battleground between the Ottomans and Poles. Instead, he sought Ottoman assurance of
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Fearful of an alliance between Moldavia, Muscovy and the Ottomans, the Poles sought to make a pre-emptive strike to capture Moldavia; the Lesser Poland nobles, especially the Polish Ruthenians, in particular demanded war to eliminate the Tatar raiding threat and to seize access to the eastern trade.
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support if the Poles invaded Moldavia. It took Poland three years to complete their preparations. Its army was made of Polish Crown forces, aided by a number of foreign mercenaries, 400 Teutonic Knights under Grand Master
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The Polish raid provoked Ottomans and Tatars, with the aid of Stephen of Moldavia, to invade the southeastern corner of Poland. This took place in spring 1498: after crossing the Dniestr, the invaders ransacked
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After the battle of the Cosmic Forest, John I Albert hastily returned to Poland (suffering another major defeat on the way where 5,000 Polish soldiers were killed in
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in which both sides agreed to co-operate against the Ottomans. On August 15, 1499, Stephen III accepted the truce, and on October 9, 1503, King
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and a 600-strong unit from Mazovia. Altogether, the Polish Army was some 40,000 strong, with 200 cannons.
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On 1497, Poland began its Moldavian Campaign of 1497–1499. On September 24, the Poles began the siege of
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himself prepared an anti-Ottoman raid in 1487 but had to change the plans and sent his forces to fight
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On March 23, 1489, a two-year truce was signed between Poland and Ottoman Sultan
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to renounce Poland and seek Ottoman suzerainty. On January 25, 1491 the
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was a prolonged conflict, rather a series of conflicts, between the
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In the war the Kingdom of Poland was supported by its fiefs, the
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took place, in which Polish forces destroyed a Tatar raid.
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signed a five-year peace treaty with Sultan Bayezid II.
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and behind the mighty river and also threatened Poland.
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On July 13, 1498, John Albert signed a treaty with the
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battle of Suceava
Wild Fields
Moldavia
Moldavia
Pokuttia
Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
Crimean Khanate
Moldavia
Kingdom of Poland

Duchy of Masovia

Teutonic Order
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Bayezid II
Meñli I Giray
Stephen the Great
Casimir IV Jagiellon
John I Albert
Johann von Tiefen
Semyon Olshanski
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Polish–Ottoman War
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Cătlăbuga
Szawrań

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