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Possibly the Largest European Land Battle of the 17th Century A Brief History On June 28, 1651, and lasting through June 30, 1651, the Battle of Berestechko was fought in the area between what is now modern Poland, modern Belarus and the modern Ukraine, between the army of Poland and the upstart Ukrainian Cossacks and Tatars. Part of the Cossack Rebellion of 1648-1657, the battle was one of if not the largest land battle in Europe during the 17 th Century. Digging Deeper The Poles took a sizable army to the field of battle, probably around 80,000 men, of which half were conscripted militia types called up to fight for the King. About 17,000 Polish cavalrymen took the field as did another 16,000 regular Polish army infantrymen. Led by King John II Casimir, the Poles faced an even larger army consisting of about 100,000 Cossacks with their numbers filled out with masses of peasant soldiers, along with perhaps 50,000 of their Crimean Tatar allies, and joined b ....