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A49902	Memoirs of Emeric count Teckely in four books, wherein are related all the most considerable transactions in Hungary and the Ottoman Empire, from his birth, anno 1656, till after the Battel of Salankement, in the year 1691 / translated out of French.; Histoire d'Emeric, comte de Tekeli. English	Le Clerc, Jean, 1657-1736.	1693 (1693)	Wing L822; ESTC R39725	143,365	368

Intelligence of it sent on that side 200 Foot convoy'd with 300 Horse to endeavour to enter the Castle but the Convoy was beaten and the 200 Men obliged to return Upon this News he with speed march'd his Cavalry which consisted of 8000 Germans and 2000 Poles Commanded by Lubomirski and put 200 into the Castle The Burghers surpriz'd to see an Imperial Army surrender'd almost as soon as they were Summon'd and hardly gave the Malecontents time to retire to their Camp which was not far from the Town Tekeli incens'd at this Affront which they had now done sent a Detachment of his Army to fall upon the Enemy which at first made no movement because it was not yet rang'd in Battel But as they soon as it was who apparently had imagin'd that they should find no more than a Party of Imperial Horse believing them sufficiently employ'd in opposing the Incursions of the Tartars were surpriz'd to see the whole Army march towards them and since theirs was inferiour in number they soon after thought of retiring They did it in very good order but being warmly charg'd by the Imperialists they began to fly as fast as they could some to Tirnaw and others to a River two Miles distant on the other side of which they made a stand and stopt the Enemy who did not think it worth their while to pursue them farther This Action was towards Evening and in the Night Tekeli who was encamp'd at some distance from thence thought that he ought to dislodge against the opinion of the Turks who were encamp'd by themselves near him the Reason which he gave was That it was of Importance to rally them who had newly been defeated and dangerous to expose affrighted Troops to a Victorious Army Thereupon the Turks divided from him and would not rejoyn him but by express Order from the Grand Vizier This mixture of Christian and Mahumetan Troops commanded by different Heads produces no good The Heads would often be of different Sentiments 〈…〉 ●●uld one yield to the other and the Turks would have the Christians undergo all the hazard when there was any as the Christians sought for nothing but advantaging themselves at the expence of the Turks Their Design had been to seize the Castle of Presburg that they might have a Passage there over the Danube that they might easily maintain a Communication with one another For that end the Turkish Cavalry which was not employ'd at the Siege ought to have search'd out that of the Imperialists and have constrained them to withdraw into Germany which had not been difficult for any other People besides the Turks to have done The Duke of Lorrain being drawn nearer to Vienna that he might incommode the Besiegers as much as he could possibly the Malecontents provided for the Turks divers Boats by means of which they might have some Communication with them and at the same time might enter into Moravia from whence they might draw considerable Contributions and part of which they might ravage nor could the Imperialists be able to hinder them These last in truth march'd against the Malecontents to take from them what they had gotten and having come up to them Charg'd them with vigour enough but 300 Horse who came to their Assistance sav'd the Booty which they had taken The Imperialists took the way of Tuln and Krembs to receive the Auxiliary Troops who came from all Parts of Germany and Poland as fast as they could possibly But having received advice that the Tartars and Turks followed by Tekeli were entered into Moravia they were oblig'd to turn on that side In the end the Grand Vizier having known that the Succours advanc'd and that the Imperial Horse march'd to joyn them gave Orders to the Tartars and Male-contents to make waste in the Hereditary Countrey as far as they could either to oblige the Duke of Lorrain to return that way or to take from the Succours all means of subsisting when they should arrive From the 23d of August the Tartars had enter'd Moravia and had begun to make the Country in such a manner desolate that it could not recover in a long time for the Male-contents they were contented to keep encamp'd near Mark and to promise the Tartars to follow them In the mean while they did not advance at all and it seem'd as if Tekeli as much fear'd the Success of the Siege of Vienna and the Consequences which the taking of that Place might have as he had before fear'd the Victories of the Emperor In truth were it supposed that the Turks had made themselves Masters of all Hungary and of part of the Hereditary Countries of the House of Austria they would have had no more need of Teckely and perhaps might treat him with as much contempt as they had lately paid him honours while he was necessary to them On the other side if the Turks should fail in the Siege of Vienna the Emperor would be more formidable than ever because ordinarily the Turks who are insupportable with good Fortune have little courage under bad Teckely made these reflections or had some other reason for acting less vigorously than ordinarily and did not manage his Forces without cause The Duke of Lorrain having made Detatchment to discover the condiion of the Enemy followed immediately after with all his Horse The Tartars and Turks seeing the Imperialists come up put themselves into a posture to receive them and fell upon them so briskly that at the first they routed some Squadrons and some pierced even to the Body of Reserve but not being sufficiently sustained the greatest part of them who had advanced so far perished After that the Tartars having in vain attempted to gain the Flank of the Imperialists their Army divided into two parts and one part retired towards Teckely's Camp the other towards the Bridges of Vienna where a great many perished who cast themselves into the Danube in hopes of swimming over The Infidels were inferior in number to the Imperialists who had then above 30000 Horse There perished in that action between 1000 and 1200 Men of the Turks and Tartars who had apparently been Conquerors if Teckely had assisted them to purpose The Turkish Troops and those of the Male-contents having been repulsed and beaten more than once on the other side the Danube the Vizier could hardly have any communication with them nor give them assistance that there was one of the greatest faults which he made in the Enterprize of the Siege of Vienna whereas he ought before all things to be Master of the two Mouths of the Danube and to pursue the Imperial Army which could not have made head against a much greater number of Troops so that while one part of the Army had carried on the Siege the other might have cover'd it and have foraged all about which the Vizier having understood too late order'd the Walachians and Moldavians to labour to rebuild the Bridges of Vienna which the Imperialists had broken

into Themiswear but also seize upon one part of Transilvania which was weary of the Imperialists and who would be glad to lay hold on that Opportunity to declare themselves against them He kept always some Correspondency in Hungary and Letters with Cyphers were intercepted written to some of his Friends which made the People have a suspicion that there was a Design under hand but it could not be discovered It happened in the same time that is to say in April that some Houses were set on fire at Onod and some other Towns of Hungary and Transilvania which was laid upon the Emissaries of the Malecontents although they could not prove it The Turks sent some Succours to Teckely who endeavoured to lead them to Themiswear but having been wounded as he was forcing a Passage he was forced to go back towards Walaquia exspecting the Turkish Army which was meeting together at Sophia in Bulgaria That caused the Imperialists to apply themselves about fortifying Belgrade as well as it could possibly seeing the Confusion and the Charges occasioned by the War the Emperour had upon the Rhine did put him in because the Turks are very bad Inginiers they thought indifferent Fortifications or rather some Reparations in the old ones would serve to defend the Place which has been the cause it has been lost since They blocking up Cavis a long while since which being very remote from the Frontiers of the subdued Countries suffered much for Want without being willing to surrender They betook themselves too to block up Great Waradin and they began by plundering and spoiling the Country round about the place to hinder the Garrison from having any means to subsist They expected to attaque by that means three Places at once the two Towns we have already spoken of and that of Themiswear because the Turks being a great way off could not carry Victuals thither but with great difficulty chiefly to Canisa which was the remotest of all but they could not hinder some Convoys from getting at several times into Themiswear and Waradin Prince Lewis of Baden went to Belgrade to command a little Body of an Army which was there with an intent to observe the Turks March and to watch the opportunities to do them some Damage The Imperial Troops being so divided those that were about Waradin did not find themselves strong enough to keep the Garrison within the Place for after having repelled it back twice with great difficulty they were wholly defeated at the third Sally and their Commander made a Prisoner five or six hundred of them remained dead upon the Spot the rest betook themselves to their Heels Teckely did the best he could on his side to raise the Blockade of Themiswear which felt already great Incommodities for not having been provided with Victuals But because he had been necessitated to pass the Danube and to retire into Servia lest he should be surrounded with the Imperial Troops which were on the other side of the Danube it was a hard matter to come over it again The Imperialists had garrisoned all the little Places which are along the River to hinder the Communication the Turks of Hungary had with those of Servia Teckely set upon one of those Towns called Novigrad upon the Frontiers of Bulgaria and made the Garrison of it Prisoners of War After the taking of that place three thousand Walaquians came to him in spite of General Heuster who lay upon the Frontiers of Walaquia with a Body of Troops to oppose to the Designs of the Count. The Walaquians feared extreamly least the Imperialists should enter into their Territories as they had done into those of the Transilvanians and use them as they pleas'd but they committed the same fault as the last had done that is that instead of acting openly for the Turks and making all their Endeavours to support that wavering Party they did but help them under-hand a Conduct that did but irritate the Emperour but not hinder him from quartering his Troops amongst them The Moldavians did also the same and found themselves at last exposed to the same Troubles altho' a little less by reason of their being afar off In the mean while Prince Lewis of Baden was advanced in July as far as the River Morave to observe the Turkish Army's March having had notice that that Army was stronger than his which consisted not of full thirty thousand Men that the Turks was fifty thousand he returned the same way and to increase his Army he got the Fortifications of many little Towns to be levelled to the Ground along the Danube and took out of them the Troops that were in Garrison therein The Turks having seen the Christian Army return towards Belgrade passed the River Morave to follow it but having had notice they had received some Reinforcement from Transilvania went back again over the River and retired themselves towards Nissa where they intrenched themselves Prince Lewis of Baden falled not to follow them but there fell such a quaintity of Rain that it was impossible to overcome the difficulty of the Ways and the Provisions having begun to grow scarce they were forced to return back towards the Bridges they had laid over the Morave hard by Passarowis The Army arrived there at the end of August and was soon followed by that of the Turks who believed the Christians did fly from them a second time The Infidels made a great Detachment of their Cavalry supported by some Janisaries to disturb the March of the Christian Army and endeavour to intercept the Convoys which would come from Semandria where the Magazines of the Christians were But that Detachment was defeated the 29 of August and betook it self to flight after having lost five or six hundred Men. The next day the Christian Army advanced to that of the Turks who expected them being regularly drawn in Battalia beyond a Wood. The Christians had crossed the Wood and their Infantry was drawn up in Battel-array in the Plain beyond it under the favour of a Mist when the Weather clearing up made the Turks perceive the Fault they had committed in letting almost all the Enemy's Army to pass without having made any Opposition Upon which they came forward to charge it with much Fury but having been received with great Valour they gave back and the Christian Army having advanced accordingly the Horse had room enough to inlarge their Wings and to assault the Infidels Presently they gave way every-where and they had been cut into pieces if the Ground had not been incumbered with Woods and Entrenchments beyond which the Turks did rally and which were to be forced one after another Having been repelled thus they retired into their Camp where it was thought they would hold out but they were so much affrighted that as soon as they perceived some Imperial Regiments appear they left it with all their Cannon and Ammunition and also the best part of their Baggage The Christian Army went to encamp