Battle of Bila Tserkva ( 1651 ) The Battle of Bila Tserkva was fought on 24 – 25 September 1651 near the city of Bila Tserkva as part of the Khmelnytsky Uprising . It was fought between the Zaporozhian Cossack Army and their Tatar allies and the Polish - Lithuanian Commonwealth . Setting . Following the Battle of Berestechko , under orders from the departing king , the Polish army under Potocki advanced into the Ukaraine , reaching Liubar on 4 August , the same time Janusz Radziwill ' s forces entered Kyiv . Poticki ' s forces soon encountered Cossack positions near Bila Tserkva , and Khmelnytsky ' s main camp to the east , preventing the Crown and Lithuanian forces from uniting . The death of Prince Jeremi Wisniowiecki , " the prince who constantly insisted on the most energetic and ruthless tactics possible against Cossackdom " , delayed movement of the Crown army until 23 August , when it moved " to the vicinity of Trylisy " , taking the garrison of 600 Cossacks the next day . On 3 Sept . , Radziwill " agreed to merge " his Lithuanian army " with the Polish army near Vasylkiv " , and " took up a position with it near Hermanivka " on 13 September , followed by " the entire camp " being moved " toward Bila Tserkva " on 16 September . After peace negotiations all month failed to progress , the " Polish Hetman s moved - probably on 22 September [ N . S . ] - in a defensive formation from the area of Hermanivka . . to the vicinity of Bila Tserkva " , the Crown army at the center and right flank , the Lithuanian army on the left . Battle . According to Potocki , who was commanding from the center with Zygmunt Przyjemski , " Thus on 23 September [ N . S . ] I was approaching Bila Tserkva . A good mile ahead , Cossack and Tatar horseman came out to engage us , and I moved against them in a formation similar to that at Berestechko , adhering to the information given by His Royal Majesty , and attacked the enemy in a broad line . I committed the right flank to the Prince Hetman of Lithuania , Janusz Radzwill , and the left flank to the Palatine of Chernihov , Marcin Kalinowski , together with the Palatine of Podilia , Stanislaw " Rewera " Potocki . He " ordered the vanguard regiment . . into battle " and " drove the enemy right into their camp , littering the field abundantly with Cossack and Tatar corpses . " " On Sunday , 24 September , the " Cossacks were building a rampart near a dike " and Potocki " ordered our army to go into the field . . . our skirmishers fought against the Tatars " and " the Cossacks withdrew to the marshes " . " On the 25th " , according to Potocki , " the Cossacks moved into the field , with Tatars , and so did our army " and " did considerable harm to them and drove them back to their camp . " " On 26 September , a Tuesday , rain was falling in torrential downpours . . . Khmel sent his emissaries again , begging for mercy and asking that no more blood be shed . . . and it was decided to make peace " , according to Potocki . Outcome . Potocki listed five reasons for seeking peace including 1 ) " the auxiliary cavalry troops . . . quarter - year term was ending " , 2 ) " an epidemic of some sort had developed among the infantry . . . partly because of hunger . . . partly because of bad weather . . . they began to die in large numbers " , 3 ) Janusz Radzwill " could not help us long " , 4 ) " predictions of the arrival of the khan himself and his army " , 5 ) hunger befell us and our horses " . The Treaty of Bila Tserkva was signed on 28 September .