In July 1687,[2] the Polish king, Jan III, dispatched an army of 27,000 men to recapture Kamenetes.

[5] The Crimean Khan dispatched a force of 10,000 Ottoman-Crimean troops to relive the siege.

The arrival of the relief army scattered the Polish troops and forced them to retreat, taking with them their baggage.

[6][7] In 1688, the Polish king dispatched another army of 18,000 men to capture Kamenetes.

They were chased and attacked by the Crimeans on their territory, and they began ravaging Polish lands.