They first raided and pillaged the eastern territories of Poland, and as Casimir failed to gather enough forces to attack them,[3] the Tatars then headed southwards against Moldavia.

Nevertheless, the final and most violent was to take place at Lipniți, a village near the Dniester, in the Soroca County, modern Republic of Moldova.

By this time, the Tatars had started to retreat carrying into slavery several thousand women and children,[5] hundreds of herds of cattle, horses, and flocks of sheep.

While most of the Tatars died in the battle itself, a large number of them actually drowned in the Dniester while attempting escape by fleeing.

This episode is mentioned by Stanislaus Sarnicius (Sarnicki),[6] as well as by Jan Długosz in his Historia Polonica: The other Tatars, heading towards Moldavia, were chased away by the Moldavians, these being also helped by the difficulty of the terrain.