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A60096
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A short relation of the most remarkable transactions in several parts of Europe between the Christians and Turks including an exact diary of the siege of Buda / written originally by a person of honour, a voluntier in the compagne, and done into English by P.R.
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Person of honour, a voluntier in the campagne.; P. R.
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1685
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Wing S3622; ESTC R21028
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Coronation and enterment of the Hungarian Kings two and forty Miles distant from Buda Thereupon the Duke of Lorrain leaving the Elector to manage the Seige set forward upon the 16th of September with a Body of twenty Thousand Horse and Dragoons to meet and fight him by the way But when both sides came in view of each other the Duke found the Bassa so strongly entrench'd with the River Sarwitz before him that he did not think fit to attaque him at so much disadvantage The wary Turk also kept close within his Trenches unwilling to hazard a battel so far from the Place which he was to releive So that after a short stay the Duke of Lorrain thought it more convenient to return to the Seige leaving the Prince of Baden with ten thousand Horse to observe the Enemies motion upon his return to the Leaguer a Council of War was call'd where it was resolv'd by the Imperialists to expect the Enemy in their Camp to which purpose the Elector and Duke attended by all the General Officers visited all the Quarters and Lines of Circumvallation as well as the Trenches and Posts toward the Town and every where gave necessary Orders On the other side the Serasquier observing the retreat of the Duke came boldly on and upon the 22th of September attack'd the Christian Camp with great fury in two places endeavouring to break in upon the Imperialists and to force his way to the Town but he met with so stout and undaunted a resistance that after a sharp and obstinate fight for several hours wherein many were slain on both sides he was forc'd to retire in much disorder and to leave two of his Standards behind him In the mean time the besieged made a desperate Salley with fifteen Hundred men as well Horse as Foot and fell upon the Guards of the Trenches with so much resolution that the Besiegers were forc'd to give ground upon which the encourag'd Turks advanc'd ruin'd several of the Besiegers Works and one of their principal Batteries nailing the Cannon that was mounted upon it with the loss of three hundred of the Christians but then certain Squadrons of Horse speeding to their assistance the Turks were again beaten back to the very Gates of the Town with the slaughter of above two Hundred men The Serasquier also retreated that Night about two Miles from the Leaguer but the next morning he made another attempt though not with that Vigour as the day before and seem'd by the event to be more out of design then that he thought to do any good For while the Imperialists were engag'd five Hundred Janizaries wading through a Morass which was lookt upon to be impassable up to the Arms in Water and Mud got into the Town yet not with that good luck but that they left some of their Company sticking in the Mire who became the Sport of the Musketeers These two attacks seconded by a Salley and three brave Repulses cost the lives of many valiant Men. However the Serasquier hoping he had done enough to save his Neck by putting five hundred men into the Town was glad he was got off so making all the hast he could from his unwelcome entertainment being pursu'd by the Duke of Lorrain till he had secur'd himself under the Guns of Alba Regalis Thus September drew toward an end a Month no less remarkable for other notable atcheivements perform'd against the Turks to their considerable dammage which as they very much weaken'd the Ottoman force so they greatly impeded the Releif of Buda For on the one side the Morlakes in Dalmatia toward the beginning of this Month made an incursion into the Turkish Territories not far from Clissa and after they had burnt several Villages brought away a considerable number of Prisoners In their return they met with eight Hundred Turkish Horse marching toward Clissa which they utterly defeated killing two Hundred upon the Place and taking all their Baggage Nor was this all for being reinforc'd with a recruit of six Thousand men they posted themselves near Clissa in order to their Conjunction with General Mocenigo who was resolv'd to attack that place being a neat City with a strong fortified Castle Much about the same time another Party of Morlakes and Heydukes being joyn'd with the Banditi sent by the Viceroy of Naples to serve the Venctian in Dalmatia defeated another considerable Body of Turks that were drawn together in the vicinity of Spatetro to hinder their incursions slew between two and three hundred upon the Place took several Pris'ners and brought away a considerable Booty of seven hundred Head of Cattle At a farther distance the King of Poland toward the latter end of August invested the strong Castle of Jaslowits not far from Caminiec and summon'd the Governour to surrender who at first according to the haughty manner of the Turks return'd q fierce answer That he had Powder and Bullet sufficient to defend the Place and would therefore maintain it to the last extremity but no sooner did the Polish Batteries begin to play and the Bombs and Caresses to fly about his Ears but suddain Terrour seiz'd the besieged in such a manner that they desir'd a Parley which soon ended in a Composition in pursuance of which the Turks march'd out the third day after the Seige to the number of 500 fighting men at what time several of the Turkish Officers besought the King for his Protection and that they might have liberty to remain within the Polish Territories being unwilling to return home for fear of being question'd at their return for their Cowardice Which success was attended by another of no less importance for much about the same time the Treasurer of the Crown of Poland wrested a compleat Victory from the Waywod of Walachia to the destruction not only of his own Forces but the Turkish Auxiliaries that were joyn'd with him who together with their lives lost also their Camp and all their Baggage Successes so much the more considerable because they kept the Turks upon their Guard in those Parts from whence the Serasquier expected his chiefest Reinforcements In the Upper Hungary General Schultz who commanded the Emperour's Forces in those Parts having notice that Count Tekeley had put an 150 Men with two Peices of Canon into Zeben a small Place bordering upon the Mountains not far from Esperies hasten'd thither took the Place and put all the Garrison to the Sword in revenge of what Tekeley had done before upon his taking a small Garrison from the Imperialists Zeben thus recover'd General Schultz sent several spies into Count Tekeley's Army by whom being duly inform'd of the number of his Men and the Situation of his Camp he resolv'd to give him a visit Accordingly leaving the lumber of his Baggage at Zeben upon the seventeenth of September about five in the Evening he advanc'd with all his Cavalry and part of his Infantry which the Horsemen carry'd behind ' em About three in the morning