Siege of Khotin (1788)

In the Siege of Khotyn (2 July – 19 September 1788) a Habsburg Austrian army led by Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and an Imperial Russian army commanded by Ivan Saltykov besieged an Ottoman Turkish garrison in the fortress of Khotyn. The Allies eventually forced the surrender of the fortress. The siege was part of the Russo-Turkish War.

Siege of Khotyn
Part of the Austro-Turkish War (1788–1791)

Khotyn Fortress
Date2 July – 19 September 1788
Location
Khotyn, modern-day Ukraine
Result Austro-Russian victory
Belligerents
Habsburg Monarchy
Russian Empire		 Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Josias of Coburg
Ivan Saltykov		 Pasha of Khotyn
Strength
18,000
unknown		 unknown
Casualties and losses
unknown unknown

Siege

An Austrian army of 18,000 men under Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld marched from Bukovina to lay siege to Khotyn. It was joined by a Russian army under Ivan Saltykov. The Turkish garrison led by the Pasha of Khotyn held out for more than two months before capitulating. The terms of surrender allowed the Turks to march out with flags flying to be joined by any resident of Khotyn who wished to leave. The civilian refugees were to be provided with food and given 3,000 carts to move their possessions. This agreement made by the Austrian generals was ridiculed throughout Europe as too lenient.[1]

Notes
  1. Kalinka 1896, p. 27.
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gollark: According to my badness determination metrics.
gollark: What I am saying is that deliberately designing an electoral system and then messing with it so that a particular group consistently gets outsized amounts of power is bad, and that it isn't particularly justified based on "cultural differences" because there are lots of culturally different groups.
gollark: There are cultural differences based on different factors, though.
gollark: There are divisions other than rural/city. Why pick that one and muck with the system to favour one side of it?

References
  • Dupuy, Trevor N.; Dupuy, R. Ernest (1977). The Encyclopedia of Military History. New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-011139-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Hirtenfeld, J. (1857). Der Militar-Maria-Theresien Orden und seine Mitgleider. 2. Aus der Kaiserlich-königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Jaques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-33537-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Kalinka, Walerian (1896). Der vierjährige polnische reichstag, 1788 bis 1791. Berlin: Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn. p. 27.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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