Battle of Khotyn

Khotyn's walls hold back the Ottoman tide

In September 1621, the Polish-Lithuanian and Cossack army under Hetman Jan Karol Chodkiewicz repelled a massive Ottoman offensive near Khotyn on the Dniester. Despite Chodkiewicz dying during the siege, the defenders held out, forcing Sultan Osman II to make peace without victory. The defense of Khotyn saved Central Europe from Ottoman invasion.