In the first confrontation Sobieski was subjected to a surprise attack, and only two days later, on October 9, together with the Austrians, the Poles destroyed the Turkish army defending the north Hungarian Ottoman possessions.
Esimeses vastasseisus sattus Sobieski üllatusrünnaku alla ja vaid kaks päeva hiljem, 9. oktoobril purustasid poolakad üheskoos austerlastega Osmanite Põhja-Ungari valdusi kaitsva Türgi armee.