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  2. Jan Sobieski's expedition against the Tatar chambuls

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    On October 11, Sobieski's troops crossed the Dniester and set off in pursuit of the retreating Haci Girey. After a strenuous day and night march, the crown army , in the strength of a thousand soldiers (the rest could not keep up and stayed behind), caught up with the Tatars at dawn on October 14 and smashed them in battles at Petranka and Kalush .

  3. John III Sobieski Monument (Warsaw) - Wikipedia

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    John III Sobieski Monument (Polish: Pomnik Jana III Sobieskiego) is a sculpture in Warsaw, Poland, within the neighbourhood of Ujazdów in the Downtown district, in the Royal Baths Park. It is a sandstone equestrian statue of John III Sobieski , monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1674 to 1696, commemorating his victory in the ...

  4. Battle of Lwów (1675) - Wikipedia

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    Sobieski ordered the cavalry group to advance through the unguarded western gorge. The ravine was relatively narrow and the Ottomans could not outflank the Polish and Lithuanian cavalry while on the move. [citation needed]: 99 The battle was soon over with Sobieski personally leading.

  5. John III Sobieski - Wikipedia

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    John III Sobieski (Polish: Jan III Sobieski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈtʂɛt͡ɕi sɔˈbʲɛskʲi]); Lithuanian: Jonas III Sobieskis (Lithuanian pronunciation: ['joːnäs so'bʲɛskis]); Latin: Ioannes III Sobiscius (Latin pronunciation: [joˈannɛs soˈbiʃiʊs]) 17 August 1629 – 17 June 1696) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696.

  6. Great Turkish War - Wikipedia

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    In 1691, Sobieski undertook another expedition to Moldavia, with slightly better results, but still with no decisive victories. [32] The last battle of the campaign was the Battle of Podhajce in 1698, where a Polish hetman named Feliks Kazimierz Potocki defeated the Ottoman incursion into the Commonwealth. The League won the war in 1699 and ...

  7. Battle of Vienna - Wikipedia

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    Sobieski meeting Leopold I, by Artur Grottger Sobieski Sending Message of Victory to the Pope, by Jan Matejko. The victory at Vienna set the stage for a conquest of Hungary and (temporarily) lands in the Balkans in the following years by Louis of Baden, Maximilian II Emmanuel of Bavaria and Prince Eugene of Savoy. The Ottomans fought on for ...

  8. Aleksander Benedykt Sobieski - Wikipedia

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    On January 19, 1698, together with his brother, Konstanty Władysław Sobieski, he organized a ball in Warsaw, in the honor of the newly crowned king Augustus II the Strong. During Augustus II's September campaign against the Tatars, Sobieski was likely a part of the king's camp. Sobieski was a constant companion to his mother from 1696 to 1698 ...

  9. House of Sobieski - Wikipedia

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    Apotheosis of John III Sobieski surrounded by his family. John III Sobieski, the victor of the Battle of Vienna. John III Sobieski, the victor of the Battle of Chocim. Scutum Sobiescianum, a constellation created by Jan Heweliusz to commemorate the victory of the Polish forces led by King John III in the Battle of Vienna.