The Battle of Finta (May 1653) was a confrontation between Matei Basarab's Wallachian army and a combined Moldo-Cossack force under Vasile Lupu and Tymofiy Khmelnytsky. It took place around Finta, a commune in Dâmboviţa county. The battle began by an attack of Moldavian infantry and Tatar-Cossack cavalrymen. From the beginning, the Moldavians, Tatars and Cossacks were driven back by Wallachian and Lithuanian defenders. Then, the both armies advanced to meet in a place full of mud. There, a great hand-to-hand battle started. Wallachians, Polish-Lithuanians, Serbs and Hungarians destroyed the entire force of Cossacks and Tatars by sword and bayonet while the Moldavians, German and Austrian mercenaries retreated a kilometer to prepare for the attacks. Many attacks of the Wallachian-Polish-Lit