The two armies had halted a few miles from each other and each sent little hands out crawling along the lenght of the river. Any little advantage in terrain or position would be enough if the commander could bring his opposite to battle.
The Poles had the advantage over their Cossack opponents, they had a lot more horsemen to do the scouting.
So when Colonel Chelski of the small patrol received a report that the mass of wagons and infantry were moving towards his force he sent a small banner of Pancerni out ahead of his force and told them to head North when they heard the shooting start.
The rest of the force advanced past the village. They could hear the wagons rumbling over the hill. Chelski ordered most of his cavalry to step up and try to catch the wagons before they were able to emplace themselves.
The two smaller units he sent to go to the other side of the village and attack any infantry coming down the road.
The main thrust of his cavalry was not in time, the wagons had pulled up and readied quickly when they heard the horsemen coming. The lead cavalry attempted to jump in among them anyway but were quickly repelled with out any effect on the wagons at all.
The registered Cossack units came up behind the wagons and started firing at the Polish cavalry driving them off the hill.
Meanwhile the mass of Cossacks was coming down the road and forming up to fight off any attacks made by the Polish cavalry in their front. The Poles were keeping their distance firing but then the Pancerni that Chelski had sent out early moved in quickly on the flank of the Cossacks. They tried to maneuver to counter the threat but the little training the men had received did not allow them to perform such a movement quickly and the horsemen were quickly among them.
Fortunately for the Cossack their masses prevented any significant inroads, but the attack had allowed the other cavalry to come around and get behind them.
The Poles that had reached the top of the hill were no longer there, except for the ones that were killed by scattered canister fire and musketry.
The Registered Cossacks were pursuing when one of the cavalry units turned on them. A sharp clash ensued which saw the cavalry off but left the cossacks in no mood to continue the pursuit.
The mass of Cossack levies had turned to face the cavalry behind them, firing wildly but with some success, when both units of cavalry fell on them from the front and flank.
This was too much for the undisciplined men and then teetered in confusion, pulling back from the assault. When the Poles pressed their advantage the unit broke and fled.
Chelski recalled the cavalry in their pursuit of the broken levies and pulled his force together.
The Cossacks, realizing that they were now heavily out numbered without the mass of their levies backing them up decided not to continue facing the enemy.
They had determined there was no suitable ground here for any advantage in a battle anyway.
Seeing the Cossacks leaving Chelski decided to call in his stragglers and head back to the main army anyway.
Aside from a few losses he had little to report and none of it good.
begins to think about terrain for Team Yankee.