Battle of Bila Tserkva (1626)

Counting on the fact that after the departure of most of the troops together with Hetman Koniecpolski, the Ukrainian lands remained practically defenseless, the Tatar troops in the strength of 10,000-15,000 thousand Crimean Tatars and Nogai Budyaks, following the Black Trail, invaded the borders of the Republic of Poland at the end of September and set up a basket near Bila Tserkva . The basket was laid out in a muddy area by the Ros River .Soon, the chambuls were disbanded to bring booty and captivity to the basket . Stefan Chmielecki did not waste time and quickly concentrated a force of 5,000 soldiers, including 1,500 registered Cossacks . He immediately attacked the completely surprised enemy, taking all of his booty and inflicting very heavy losses. The fugitives were chased for 4 hours, then turned back to destroy the remaining chambuls, which, unaware of the situation, were still engaged in plundering the area. One or two days later, a detachment of the sołtan Buhar and the sons of Kantymir was defeated near Fastiv . At the same time, Captain Bajbuz defeated a chambul returning with loot at one of the fords. The completely defeated Tatars lost a total of about a thousand dead, as well as several banners and bunchuks . The victors also took many prisoners, losing only 40 dead themselves.^[1] Since a civil war broke out in Crimea soon after, the Ukrainian lands were free from Tatar raids for the entire next year.^[4]

• Battle of Bila Tserkva (1612)