KHOTYN/IVANEZ, Battles on 29.8.&5.9.1769 |
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On Catherine II of Russia's accession in 1762 Golitsyn was
awarded the Order of Saint Andrew and the title of the Adjutant General. By
becoming a member of the High Court Council, he used the empress's influence
and his diplomatic and military knowledge. At the start of the Russo-Turkish
War (1768–1774), Golitsyn was entrusted with the command of an army, with which
he moved on Khotyn. Splitting 40th Corps, he did not dare assault the city and
withdrew to re-supply his troops and strengthen his rearguard.
In 1769 he moved
on Khotyn again and began to besiege it. The arrival of fresh Turkish and
Tartar troops could bolster the besieged garrison and increase Russian
casualties during the final assault, so he decided to raise the siege and led
the army from the Dnieper, hoping to draw the enemy garrison out into open
battle on ground favourable to him.
In the meantime Catherine decided to
replace Golitsyn as general-in-chief with Pyotr Rumyantsev, who she hoped would
act more decisively, but before Rumyantsev's arrival Golitsyn succeeded into
drawing the Turkish forces onto the favorable ground: Under the command of Supreme
Vizier Moldavanchi, they attacked Golitsyn's force on 29 August and were
defeated, losing up to 7,000 men, around 70 guns and all their baggage.
Without delay, Golitsyn's army began to pursue the enemy,
capturing Khotyn on 9 September; its garrison and many residents fled, leaving
the city half-empty. Golitsyn then handed the army over to Rumyantsev and
returned to Saint Petersburg, where Catherine welcomed him and made him a field
marshal on 20 October 1769.
After the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca Golitsyn was awarded with a diamond sword with an inscription that translated "For the purification of Moldova as far as Iaşi" and the 69th Infantry Regiment was renamed after him. The military writer Dmitri Bantysh-Kamensky recounts how Golitsyn invited Saltykov, under whom he had fought at Kunersdorf, to visit the Dormition Cathedral. As they both entered the church, nobody was inside it and Saltykov said to Golitsyn "It's as empty as Khotyn".
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