In June 1694, Tatar Muslim forces raided Polish territory with the intention of pillaging the countryside for loot and capturing prisoners for ransom. The Polish forces sent to stop them consisted of seven banners of hussars and pancerni from the Trenches of the Holy Trinity (Okopy Świętej Trójcy) and The Redoubt of Virgin Mary (Szaniec Panny Marii) strongholds, approximately 400 men in total;Sarnecki K., Pamiętniki z czasów Jana Sobieskiego, tom 1, opr. J. Woliński, Wrocław 2004. historian Mirosław Nagielski estimates 100 hussars and 300 pancerni.Mirosław Nagielski Hodów 1694-2014. Ostatnie zwycestwo husarii w dawnym stylu Bellona 1/2015, pp. 229–233 Tatar numbers were estimated at 25,000 to 70,000, with 40,000 being the most commonly quoted figure.Poznajemy. Bitwy polskie, Polen 2011. John III Sobieski, the king of Poland at the time, also mentioned the figure of 40,000.Sikora R., Niezwykłe bitwy i szarże husarii, Warszawa 2011.
