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A43882 An Historical description of the glorious conquest of the city of Buda, the capital city of the kingdom of Hungary, by the victorious arms of the thrice illustrious and invincible Emperor Leopold I, under the conduct of His Most Serene Highness, the Duke of Lorraine, and the Elector of Bavaria 1686 (1686) Wing H2102; ESTC R3381 55,917 74

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slain amounted to above 3000. besides the wounded which were not many so that it appears the Garrison was much str●nger than the Deserters reported The Governour Basha dy'd bravely upon the the Breach where he defended himself valiantly with his Scimiter in his hand scorning to Retreat or demand Quarter that he might not degenerate from the Honour and Heroic Vertue of the ancient Mussel men nor falsifie the Oath which he had made the Grand Signior either to preserve the Town or gloriously to end his days The Vice Basha being an Officer of high Reputation defended the Castle but perceiving all was lost retir'd fighting into the fore-mentioned Fort at the foot of the Castle which he thought to make good and give the Grand Visier leisure to relieve him but seeing the desperate condition of Affairs he rather chose to implore the clemency of the Victors than to occasion the Massacre of those that were about him and so was taken Prisoner with the rest by the Bavarians and presented to his Electoral Highness The Aga of the Janisaries taken by the Imperialists was delivered up to the D. of Lorrain with some other Turkish Officers of note So that the number of the Prisoners did not much exceed 2000. Men of 13000. at the beginning of the Siege all stout and experienc'd Soldiers and the very sinews of the Militia of all the Ottoman Empire The loss on our side was very small compar'd with that of the Enemies For we cannot reckon above 400. kill'd and about 200. wounded among whom were several Volunteers but very few Officers Colonel Spinola Marquess of Arquato an Officer of great merit receiv'd his death's wound at the head of the Assailants the Baron of Asti who had been twice wounded before during the Siege receiv'd a third wound more dangerous than any of the former to the great hazard of his life The booty which the Soldiers got was extraordinary there being a vast deal of Wealth in the City which the Inhabitants of other Cities and Places under the dominion of the Turk had brought thither for Security as being a place which they thought impregnable There was found in the Town Ammunition and Provision sufficient for a Siege of two Months longer a Magazine furnish'd with all sorts of Arms Offensive and Defensive for above 30000. Men Harness for Horses Saddles Boots and other Equipage for the Cavalry and besides all this near 400. Pieces of Cannon and Mortar Pieces of which 170. were never the worse fixed upon their Carriages It is impossible to give you an Inventory of every thing 't will be enough to say that never any City could be better provided to sustain a vigorous Siege than this was or ever was defended by a stouter Garrison But if the resistance met with were so surprizing much more must be the Glory of so many brave Officers Volunteers and Soldiers that signalized their valour and eternized not only their own Memories but the Honour of the Emperor in gaining such a strong hold and recovering it into the Possession of him to whom it belongs by right of Nature and Succession and which had endured so many Sieges before it could be reduced under the Subjection of its Lawful Sovereign BVDA SEXTO INEXPVGNABILIS SEPTIMO FIT CESARIS Buda six times Inexpugnable the seventh becomes Caesar's The D. of Lorrain after he had prevented any farther slaughter and given all necessary orders to reduce the Soldiers under their Colours commanded the People to quench the fire that continu'd burning in several parts gave the Government of the place to General Beek with a Garrison of 5000. Foot and 1000. Horse till his Imperial Majesty should otherwise dispose of the absolute Government of this Imperial City and commanded between 8 and 10000 Cuirassiers and Dragoons with the Hussars under Count Budiani to pursue the Grand Vizier who having look'd on and seen the taking of Buda decamp'd with his whole Army to secure the rest of the Turkish Fortresses to reinforce the Garrisons and gain the Bridge of Esseck where our General is resolv'd to attack him if he can overtake him in his march To which purpose the Infantry was embark'd upon the Danaw to make the more hast while the Cavalry march'd by Land Thus was this great and strong City the Capital City of all Hungary the seat of the Ancient Kings reduced under the Obedience of our most Illustrious and Invincible Emperour Leopold the first after it had groaned under the Tyrannous Yoke of the Ottomans a hundred forty five years who made use of it as a place of Rendezvous for their Armies and a Magazine to furnish all the other Cities in those parts under their subjection with Men and Ammunition to which purpose they always furnished it with a numerous Garrison never consisting of less than between 8 and 10000 Janisaries and Spain's whether in Peace or War And though Sultan Solyman won this important place from King Ferdinand Brother to the Emperour Charles the Fifth in the year 1529. through the treachery of the Hungarian Garrison nevertheless he put it into the hand of John Zapolilia Prince of Transilvania who had call'd him to his Assistance to preserve him in the Throne to which he had been advanc'd by Sedition and contrary to Form by a part of the Nobility after the death of King Lewis slain at the Battle of Mohaes contrary to the Proclamation of the real King Ferdinand duly elected by the four Orders of the States of the Kingdom This Usurper being thus confirm'd in the enjoyment of one part of the Kingdom and of the Capital City under the Protection of the Turks King Ferdinand sent his General Count Roggendorff who had so valiantly defended Vienna under the Command of the Elector Palatine against the efforts of Solyman to lay Siege to Buda but he was constrain'd to raise his Siege after he had lost a great part of his Army General Felsius was sent thither 10. years after But that Enterprise succeeded no better tha● the former notwithstanding the Death of the Usurper Zapolia and the Minority of his Son John Sigismund who was under the Tutelage of the Princess Elizabeth of Poland his Mother and George Martinusius chief Minister of State to his deceased Father However King Ferdinand was no way discouraged by these two unsuccessful Attempts but considering the Importance of the Place for the Support of his Crown resolv'd upon a third Attempt To which purpose he raised a more numerous Army than before and gave the Command of it to Roggendorff who the next Year laid a third Siege to Buda and had made himself Master of it if Solyman at the Sollicitation of the Princess Elizabeth had not hastned to his Relief which constrained the General to raise his Siege not being able to make head against such a numerous Army of the Infidels Thereupon the Sultan politickly seized upon the City of Buda sent the young Prince John Sigismund with the Princess his Mother