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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