Battle of Loyew (1651)

Battle of Loyew (Belarusian: Лоеў, Polish: Łojów, Ukrainian: Лоєв), (July 6, 1651) was a battle of the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Janusz Radziwiłł defeated the Cossack forces under the command of Martyn Nebaba.

Battle of Loyew
Part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising
DateJuly 6, 1651
Location
Result Polish victory
Belligerents
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth  Zaporozhian Cossacks
Commanders and leaders
Janusz Radziwiłł Martyn Nebaba
Strength
4,000 15,000

References

  • Marcin Domagała: Biała Cerkiew 23-25 IX 1651. Zabrze: "Inforteditions", 2007. ISBN 8389943158.
  • Władysław Andrzej Serczyk: Na płonącej Ukrainie. Dzieje Kozaczyzny 1648–1651. Warszawa: Książka i Wiedza, 1998, p. 347. ISBN 83-05-12969-1.
  • Natalia Jakowlenko: Historia Ukrainy. Od czasów najdawniejszych do końca XVIII wieku. Lublin: Instytut Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej, 2000, p. 228. ISBN 83-85854-54-1.
  • Tadeusz Korzon: Dzieje wojen i wojskowości w Polsce. Lwów: Ossolineum, 1923, p. 339.


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