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Title
Stănileşti Avenged
Description
Battle of Stavuchany
Subject
Publisher
Date
1739-08-17
Scenario#
SP18
Location
Khotyn, Ukraine
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Battle of Stavuchany was a battle between the Russian and Ottoman armies, which took place on August 17 of 1739 during the Russo-Turkish War of 1735-1739. Stavuchany is a small moldavian village some 12 km southwest of Khotyn. The Russian army (approx. 61,000 men and 250 cannons) under the command of Field Marshal Burkhard Christoph von Münnich approached Stavuchany, where the Ottoman army (80,000 to 90,000 men[4]) under the leadership of serasker Veli Pasha was concentrated. The army consisted of 30-40,000 Turks (including the garrison of the Khotyn fortress) and Crimean Tatars (up to 50,000, according to Russian estimates), with 70 guns. The Turks blocked the way to Khotyn, while the Tatars surrounded the Russian army from the rear and threatened its wagon train. By the evening of August 16, Münnich's army was surrounded in the lowlands, but repulsed all the attacks of the Turkish and Tatar cavalry. The main forces of the Turks with artillery occupied the commanding heights beyond the Shulanets River, on the road to Khotyn, and fortified there.
Narrative Source
Combatants
Ottoman Empire, Crimean Khanate
Russian Empire
Additional Information
Russo-Austro-Turkish War

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