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A95299	A True relation or journal of the siege and taking by storm of the famous city of Belgrade by the Christian army under the conduct of the victorious elector of Bavaria, on the 6th day of September, 1688 with an account of its scituation, fortifications, &c., and also of the great victory gained by Prince Lovis of Baden over the Turkish army, commanded by the Bassa of Bosnia.		1688 (1688)	Wing T3083; ESTC R42945	13,703	26

Licensed according to Order A True Relation or Journal OF THE Siege and Taking by Storm The Famous CITY of Belgrade BY THE Christian Army Under the Conduct of the Victorious Elector of BAVARIA On the 6 th day of September 1688. With an Account of its Scituation Fortifications c. And also of the great Victory gained by Prince Lovis of Baden over the Turkish Army Commanded by the Bassa of Bosnia LONDON Printed for Richard Baldwin And are to be Sold by most Booksellers 1688. A True Relation Of the Siege of BELGRADE With the Taking it by Storm c. BElgrade is a City of Antient standing and great Fame Situate on the Confluence of the Rivers Saw or Save and the Danube and hath gone under divers Names being at first as far as can be gathered from History called Taururum or Tauranum after that Alba Graeca by the Dutch accordingly Greichs-Wessemburg but by the French and Modern Latinists Belgrade and Belgradum a Name given to this Important place for its Beautiful Situation as being Hemm'd in upon the North with the Danube on the East with the Saw or Save and on the other parts strongly secured with Walls Bulwarks Ramports and deep Ditches anciently belonging to the Despots or Princes of Servia tho lying on the very Frontiers of Hungary and by many Attributed a City of that Kingdom and may properly be divided into City and Suburbs the Former having standing in it a very high and strong Castle incompassed with double Walls and what other Fortifications may contribute to its Defence The Latter Replenished with many goodly Fabricks and curious Buildings intermixed with pleasant Gardens and has a prospect of the Countries round it almost from Buda to Adrianople and of such Importance was it in times past That in Anno 1440. Amurath the Second Emperor of the Turks after he had wasted Hungary and seized upon Servia during the Discontents and Intestine Broils of those Countries found nevertheless a check or stop to the progress of his Arms before this City for having layn before it Seven Months and lost in the several Attacques and Sallies of the Besieged 30000 Men finding all hopes of taking it vain he in a great Rage raised the Siege and returned to Adrianople so that the place had rest till Anno 1456 at what time Mahomet the Great being Emperor of the Turks he upon the Death of George the Despot or Prince seized upon Servia which Amurath had permitted to be held by that Prince as Tributary to the Ottoman Emperor and passing on with a powerful Army all the Cities and Towns but this opening their Gates he laid Siege to it by Land and Water and brought down a great many Vessels and Gallies of War upon the Danube though at that time the great Hunniades having been Elected King of Hungary and not well brooking to have so powerful a Neighbour set out from Buda with many armed Vessels and falling suddenly upon the Turks Naval Forces Burn'd Sunk and took most of them upon notice whereof Mahomet in a great Rage gave order for a general Assault Vowing not to spare nor give Quarter to any if the City of Belgrade fell into his Hands and after Six hours obstinate Attempts in which were lost 4000. Men one whereof was Curaizis Bassa his Lieutenant in Europe who was slain with a great Shot he found himself constrained to sound the Retreat and in the End after many unsuccessful Assaults finding his Army weakened by the loss of 40000 Men he raised the Siege From which time we find nothing Memorable relating to this City till the Year 1520 at which time Solyman the Magnificent succeeding Solyman his Father in the Ottoman Throne quarreling with the Hungarians into whose Protection Belgrade was taken consign'd by the Despot of Servia to King Sigismund as best able to Maintain it in consideration of Lands and Territories more remote he laid Siege to it being but weakly Garrison'd and worse provided with Stores and Ammunition and the King of Hungary by reason of Intestine Divisions being in no Capacity to raise an Army sufficient to Relieve it the Besieged found themselves after a short Resistance constrained to deliver up the place that had so long stood the Bulwark of Christendom and has ever since been very advantageous to the Turks by being made their chiefest Magazine or Store in the Western parts of their Empire and although the Christians had many Consultations about Recovering it yet soon after Buda being seized by the same Solyman and other places of strong Importance the Turks possessed it quietly till this present year 1688 when on the Sixth of September after having sustained a Siege very Bloody and Resolute it was taken by Storm by the Imperial Forces under the Command of the Victorious Elector of Bavaria A True and Impartial Account of which take as followeth The Duke of Lorain by reason of his Indisposition not being capable to take the Field so early as the occasion of business required his Electoral Highness of Bavaria offered his Service to the Emperor to lead the Army which being accepted and approved after the Forces were drawn out of their Winter Quarters and united the Elector Arrived at Vienna and there making a short stay proceeded to his Command when in a Council of War it was resolved That seeing Buda was already reduced and Heaven signally favour'd the Christian Arms it was not convenient to omit the opportunity of Besieging so Important a place the Infidels held viz. Belgrade whereupon the Army had order to March towards the Saw or Save so that on the Fourth of August New Stile they set forward from Salankamen to Zemon where they stayed the next day and the Sixth Encamped at Semlyn on the Seventh they came within Sight of the River where it makes the considerable Islands of Zingari when coming to the hither Bank they perceived by reason of the Works the Turks had cast up in the Islands where Teckely was said to be in Person and on the further Shore it was a matter of great difficulty if not impossible to pass there as had been before designed being much broader than it had been Represented so that some time being spent about viewing and further consulting what was to be done another place was fixed upon and accordingly the next day a great number of Boats that had been brought thither upon Wheels were put into the Water and the Regiment of Staremberg the Electors Guards and four Thousand Men Detached out of other Bodies were ordered to Waft over under the Command of the Valiant and truly Heroick Count Serini General of the Bavarian Forces when about Nine at Night the Drums and Hautboys of the Janizaries were heard in the Camp as seeming to approach the place of passage but it so little discouraged the Imperialists that about Eleven at Night the Foot were Embarqued and the Elector directed that 500 Men under the Command of a Lieutenant Colonel should Land first to

observe the place but scarce were they in the Middle of the River but about 300 Turks appeared on the further Shore and discharged a Volley of Shot but without doing any dammage to the Christians who after this discharge hastened to Land under the favour of the Cannon Planted to Annoy the Enemy so that thereupon the Turks quitted their Post where the Landing place and ground was found as well as could reasonably be wished being very Commodious by reason about four paces from the Bank of the River were almost Inaccessible by reason of the Bushes and Woody places so that the Boats left those they carried over in Security and returned when about Four in the Morning 3000 were got over covering and Intrenching themselves to prevent any Attempt or Surprize the Evening might make upon them who now approached in considerable Numbers and whilst the Foot thus continued to pass over in Boats the Bridge was laid for the Horse however before it could be Finished 6000 of the Enemies Foot and some Horse Attacqued the Christians on the further Shoar on the Right and the Left but after several Assaults were Repulsed with a considerable Loss the Christians losing a Major of the Regiment of Staremberg with divers Granadeers that were too far advanced when about Eleven of the Clock 10000 Men had effectually passed the River and then the Enemy appeared again with a greater force within Musquet-shot but made no farther attempt and soon after a Hungarian Dissenter Informed the General That the Enemy the Night following intended to make an Attacque with their whole Power but about Five in the Evening the Bridge being entirely finished a Regiment of Dragoons passed it and after them the Foot that remained and about Midnight the rest of the Horse c. so that on the Ninth of August the whole Army with the Artillery and Baggage Encamped on the further Shore within four Leagues of Belgrade where his Electoral Highness was Informed That there was a Garrison of 12000 Turks and 3000 Tartars in the City but without any certainty and that Yeghen Bassa lay Entrenched with the rest of the Ottoman Forces between the Save and the Danube to cover the place but being nothing dismayed at this Report his Electoral Highness Commanded the Army on the Tenth to March towards the City in order to Battle resolving to Attacque the Enemy in their Camp when contrary to expectation they found it abandoned and the Suburbs or lower Town on Fire the Turks that Inhabited it having saved themselves in the Boats belonging to the City yet four of them were taken with a considerable Booty and the Hussars being sent out in a flying Party after the Retreating Enemy took much of their Baggage and some Thousands of great and small Cattle when upon the near approach of the Army 4000 Greeks and Rascians with their Wives and Children came to meet them and to Implore his Electoral Highnesses Protection which they obtained strict Orders being given throughout the Camp that none under great Penalties and Punishment should presume to disturb or molest them however the Soldiers having quenched the Fire after it had Burnt several hundred Houses found a considerable Booty the Turks in their hast and confusion had left behind them The Imperialists thus uncontrouled approaching the Walls of Belgrade Scouts were sent out to learn the Motion and Intent of the Enemy who returned with an Account That Yeghen Bassa the Serasquier of Hungary together with Yeckley was retired to Sendrovia about Eight Leagues further with 20000 Men under his Command And upon further Inquiry it was confidently reported That no more than 4000 Men were left in the Castle or upper Fortress under the Command of a Governor who had lately been a common Soldier And further That Yeghen would have Fought the Army but was disswaded from it by the Bassa of Erla or Agria and some other Principal Officers Three of which in a great Fury he cut in pieces with his own hand and caused the Bassa of Agria to be Strangled in his presence the former Bassa Governour of Belgrade making his Escape to avoid his Fury as also did Hassan Bassa his Competitor Upon the day of Arrival before the place the Elector of Bavaria caused the Trenches to be opened against the Upper Town and Castle and dispatched the Sieur Dietrick Captain of Horse and Adjutant to General Caprara with Letters to Vienna giving the Emperor an account of the Success and lodged himself in the Pleasure-House built without the Town for the Reception of the Deposed Sultan Mahomet when he came to View the Muster of his Army that under the Leading of Cara Mustapha the Grand Vizier Besieged Vienna Anno 1683. where he had News that the Prince of Baden after Three hours obstinate Fight had overthrown the Bassa of Bosna's Army composed of between 12 and 14000 Men posted to hinder his Passage over the River Vna Killing Four Thousand on the Place upon which Constantowitza had Surrendred a Place of considerable Importance on that side Things being at this pass Preparations were made with much caution and diligence to Attack the Castle the Management or Conduct of which was left to Count Serini Lieutenant General to His Electoral Highness the Walls whereof the Elector had Viewed and given Orders where he perceived it most advantageous for the Attacks c. And although the Turks Sallyed at the same time yet were they beaten back with the loss of but One Man on the part of the Christians The next day being the Twelfth in the Evening the Troops ' began to Approach the Castle and to take their Posts to hinder which the Enemy made a Vigorous Sally so that the Skirmish continued Three or Four hours but at last they were Repulsed and in this Action Eighty of the Christians were Killed and Wounded the Turks losing a greater Number And so successful it proved that the former secured under the favour of this Action their Posts and opened the Frenches within Musquet-shot of the Walls and began to work on Two Batteries The Thirteenth in the Morning the Besieged made another Sally in a greater Body than the former breaking on upon the Besiegers and came to Handy-blows in which Dispute Count Rabntine General of the Battalia was shot in the Arm Count Tassis Serjeant Major of the Regiment of Bavaria in the Body and several other private Soldiers were Killed and Wounded but the Besiegers being presently reinforced the Besieged were beaten back many of them being Slain and Wounded of which 500 were left behind Dead and two taken Prisoners who Reported That there were Ten Thousand Persons in the Garrison but many of them Women and Children which was confirmed by a Christian Slave who had been there since the Siege of Vienna and now made his escape to the Army when the same day News came That Yeghen Bassa had set the Famous City of Semandra on Fire which was about seven Leagues from the Camp