Capitulation the next day and march'd out with their Arms and Baggage But while the Duke was thus employ'd the Garrisons of Alba Regalis Zygeth and other places having notice that the Imperialists had left their Baggage at Gran guarded only by a small party of Horse and Foot under the Command of Major General Holloweil with a Body of six thousand men advanc'd to Gran and with so much fury fell upon the Imperialists that the foremost Troops being put into some disorder the Major General was after a brave resistance slain But then the Regiments of Rabata standing the whole brunt of the Enemy till the other Troops recovering out of their disorder came into their assistance they put the Turk to an absolute flight and pursu'd 'em for several Miles In this encounter the Turks lost 6 or 700 men and four standards afterwards presented to the Emperour the Imperialists about two hundred among whom the Baron Levi was said to be either kill'd or taken Count Rabata was also a Prisoner and tied by the Turks to one of their Horses tayls but releas'd in the pursuit All this while Newhausel had been closely block'd up by Caprara who had kept it all the winter time from being reliev'd by the Turks so that it was by this reduc'd to pinching extremity And therefore the Ottomans finding they could do no good with small parties resolv'd to succour the Town with a compleat Army of 20000 men The Duke of Lorrain having intelligence that the Enemy was advanc'd as far as Vaccia between Buda and Novograde resolv'd to give 'em battel To this purpose he set forward and coming within sight of the Enemy found 'em drawn up in Battalia upon the Hills near Vaccia having on the right Wing the River Danow and a large Morass and the left secur'd by a thick Wood. Thereupon the Duke having embattell'd his own men about eleven a Clock at Noon mov'd directly toward the Enemy in two lines besides the reserve and the Troops left to guard the Baggage The Turks suffer'd him to advance without opposition till he came to the foot of the Hill and then with their usual cries made a desperate charge upon Taff's Regiment which was almost in the middle of the line and where the Duke being in person had his own Horse wounded under him and two more Horses of the Officers next him kill'd with Pistol shot The Turks having thus spent their first fury and observing the firmness of the Imperial Battalions turn'd their back for a while but then rallying again fell upon the Christians on every side and then wheeling off return'd a third time and made another desperate charge but not being able to break their Enemies array who still made their way in good order they fell into confusion and routed by their own fears the Horse abandoning the Foot betook themselves to flight being pursu'd by the Imperial Cavalry of the first Line for above an hour but by reason of the swiftness of their Horses they soon got out of sight The Foot thus left to mercy were most of them slain the rest escaping into Vaccia This Body consisted of about 20000 men of which four thousand were Tartars commanded by the Bassa of Buda and several Bassa's under him The Bassa of Buda himself was suppos'd to be slain his Horse being tak'n by a private Soldier of Taff's Regiment who presented it to the Duke of Lorrain Nor did Vaccia protect the fugitives the Imperialists soon after making themselves Masters of the Town where the Turks surrender'd at discretion So that in all the number of the Enemy slain was reputed to be 3000. and 1500 taken Prisoners and among the rest a Bassa and ten Aga's with seven pieces of Canon and several Colours As for the loss of the Christians it was very inconsiderable as not having mist above twenty or thirty men in the whole Action Vaccia being thus surrender'd Novograde was immediately quitted by the Turks and assoon possess'd by the Imperialists This Battle was fought the 27th of June which Month thus ending with this memorable defeat of the Turks at the beginning of July the Duke of Lorrain hasten'd with his victorious Army to Pest another Garrison of the Turks on the farther side of the Danow and began without delay to batter the Town with his Canon and Fire Bombes But the Turks in great fear and disorder retir'd with the best of their goods to Buda having first set fire to several houses in the Town as also to the Bridge to prevent the pursuit of the Imperialists But they entring immediately soon became Masters of the Fire and of a place which had the Enemy had the courage to defend might have cost both time and men The Duke of Lorrain being thus in possession of Pest plac'd therein a considerable Garrison consisting of two Battalions of Foot and a party of Dragoons and being reinforc'd by Caprara with a body of six thousand men among which were six hundred Hungarians that had deserted Count Teckelie and by Lubomirskie with an addition of 4000 Poles in all 40000 strong repass'd the Danow upon the 11th and 12th of July over a Bridge of Boats laid over the River not far from the Isle of St. Andrew while Lesley was order'd with the Forces under his command toward the Bridge of Esseck to make good that pass Upon the 14th of July the Duke of Lorrain having forc'd the Turks from the Posts which they had on this side Buda came with all his Forces and sate down before the Town Buda by the Germans call'd Ofen is a City of the lower or hithermost Hungary standing for the most part upon a Hill near the Banks of the Danow the other part lying in a plain level about fifty four German Miles from Vienna to the South and forty nine from Belgrade to the North. Formerly the Residence of the Hungarian Princes and which King Sigesmund adorn'd with several Magnificent Structures particularly with a Palace built after the old Roman manner environing the Castle with beautiful Walls and Terrass'd Walks that overlookt most pleasant Gardens and Fields adjoyning It is fortified with strong Walls and Bulwarks containing a great number both of private and publick Structures exquisitely built so that all the rest of Hungary can hardly be said to shew anything more elegant more pleasant or more secur'd by art and nature It was taken the 12th of August in the year 1519. after it had been eleven times assaulted by the whole force of the Ottoman Army The Duke of Lorrain being sate down before this City in a short time made himself Master of the lower Town and lodg'd his Soldiers in the Ditch under the Wall of the upper Town before he sent his first express to the Emperour Whilst the Duke lay in this posture before Buda the Turks in a Body of thirty or five and thirty thousand men hover'd about two German miles from the Town near Hanschabets expecting all opportunities to relieve
it But the Duke not willing to be pester'd with so troublesome a neighbour and the toyl of continual skirmishes resolv'd to dissipate the main Body from whence these petty Obstacles of his greater Enterprises had life and Motion To this purpose about the 21 or 22 of July after he had left all his Infantry and what Horse was necessary to continue the Siege with the rest of the Cavalry and a thousand Foot commanded by the Count of Aversperagh together with fifteen hundred Hussars under the conduct of Count Esterhasi Governour of Raab he march'd all night to encounter the main Body of the Enemy who though very well entrench'd so soon as they saw the Imperialists came out of their Camp about twenty thousand strong The Duke of Lorrain divided his Army into two Battalias the two Wings being each compos'd of thirty Squadrons of Cuirassiers and ten of Dragoons and the Foot being plac'd in ten small Bodies between the intervals of the Horse The Turks had plac'd 2 or 3000 Janizaries upon the descent of the Hill and six thousand Horse at the foot of the Hill toward the right Wing of the Imperialists where were posted a thousand Hungarians and made several movements which plainly demonstrated their design of attaching their Adversaries in the Flanks which while the other labour'd to prevent the fight began wherein the Turks maintain'd a sharp dispute for the time and making use of policy as well as strength drove a hundred Camels upon the left Wing of the Christians thinking to have put it into disorder but the stratagem failing by the industry of 30 Dragoons which turn'd 'em quite another way the Turks recoyl'd and were follow'd so close that at length being all in confusion they betook themselves fairly to their Heels and fled up to the top of the Hill where they routed their own reserve while the Victors in the pursuit became Masters of their whole Camp as at the raising of the Siege of Vienna their Tents their Baggage consisting of 1000 Camels and 500 Mules their Artillery being eight peices of Canon and all their wealth Four thousand were slain upon the place among which were a thousand Janizaries beside what were kill'd and wounded in the pursuit by the Poles and Hungarians who was order'd to continue the chase The great Standard of Mahomet was taken which the Sultan usually gives to the grand Visier when he takes upon him the general command of the Army and the Pavillion of the Turkish Officer who is known by the Title of Serasquier and was chief Commander of the Army in the absence of the Visier At the same time Count Lesly lying before Berzeche or Virovitza a Town about two Miles distant from the Dravus had intelligence given him that the Turks were drawing together all the force they could make between the Savus and the Dravus to succour the place More particularly that the Bassa of Marotz who had the guard of the Bridge of Esseck was advanc'd with two thousand five hundred Turks as far as Flatina in order to his joyning with the Beg of Zerneg and Governour of Gradischia who for that purpose were upon their march with 1400 men more thereupon he sent away four thousand Croats under the Command of Count Trautmansdorffe to hinder the Enemies conjunction who marching all night about seven the next morning set upon the Bassa in his Camp near Flatina where after a short resistance the Turks were forc'd from their Post with the lost of many men kill'd and taken Prisoners the rest being pursu'd as far Tarbina But then the Victors returning from the pursuit met with a party Commanded by the Beg of Zarney who knew nothing of the defeat of the Bassa of Marotz with whom they were going to joyn and by that means unluckily dropt into the mouth of a victorious Enemy For the Christians flesh'd with their late success fell upon the half surpriz'd Infidels with that vigorous Resolution that they slew near five hundred upon the place took many more Pris'ners with a considerable quantity of Ammunition and Provision intended for the Releif of the Garrison So that the loss of the Turks in both these Actions was reckon'd to be no less than a 1000 of the choicest men of these two Bodies slain out-right while Trautmansdorffe thus doubly Crown'd with fresh Lawrels return'd with Plunder and Pris'ners to the Leaguer before Vicovitza The next day being the twentieth of July Count Lesley commanded the Prisoners that had been taken to be plac'd at the head of his Trenches and among all the rest he order'd one to acquaint the besieged with the defeat of the Body from whence they expected their Relief to which although the Garrison return'd no Answer yet did the General grant 'em till five in the Evening to consider of certain Propositions for the surrender of the Place and for two hours there was a Cessation from all Acts of Hostillity But then the same Evening the Besieged began to fire again Thereupon the General gave order for the filling up of the Mote and the Morass and for the providing ten Thousand Faggots for that purpose Which being done and all things now ready for an assault the Besieged began to reflect upon the danger they were in and unwilling to venture the last extremity in season desir'd a Parley and presently after the Hostages were exchang'd though the Articles were not agreed upon till the next day But then all things being concluded Virovitza was surrenderd to Lesley and six Hundred Men with the like number of Women and Children march'd out of the Town leaving behind 'em sixteen Peices of Cannon having all upon 'em the Arms of the Emperours Maximillian and Ferdinand The Garrison according to the Articles of Capitulation was convey'd two Miles from the City by a Guard of the Besiegers but afterwards meeting with a Party of Croats they were all or the most part stripp'd plunder'd and cut in peices together with the Women and Children Upon the taking of Virovitza the Turks having abandon'd Soppia Fatina and Werazin Count Lesley sate down before Bezowits which not being able to hold out made a timely Capitulation and surrender'd upon the same Articles that Virovitza had done By which means he had both leisure and opportunity to lay a Bridge over the River Dravus that so he might be in a condition to joyn the Duke of Lorrain upon all occasions While thus Count Lesley secur'd the main Leaguer at a distance the Imperialists took their several Posts about Buda and though the lower Town had no other defence then a single Wall yet did the General think it convenient to make formal Approaches to it as well because of the great Garrison that was in it as because of the Communication which they had with the upper Town These Approaches therefore being finish'd the Duke of Lorrain caus'd an Assault to be made upon the lower Town upon the nineteenth of July wherein the Imperialists behav'd themselves
Town on the East side which they found quitted by the Enemy The 23th of July the Ships began their batteries from the Sea but with small success by reason of the high Winds The next day the whole Fleet was so dispos'd as to do more signal execution with their Canon and some of the Galeasses roaring within Musket shot threw a great many Bombs and Fire-balls into the Place which did great execution yet not so but that the Galleas commanded by General Carnaro receiv'd two dangerous shot from the enemies Cannon the General himself being wounded with a splinter besides that the Galley belonging to Signior Quirini which row'd the Galleass was very much disabl'd The 25th a Battery was finish'd of 10 peices of Cannon carrying Balls of fifty pound weight and upon the 27th another somewhat nearer the Castle both on the East side of it The day following the Christians posted themselves in the Suburbs and rais'd another battery on the West side Two days after a large breach was made in the Wall at what time the Turks Sally'd out but being discover'd were soon beaten back Thus disappointed they labour'd to fill up the breaches with bags of Straw and packs of Wool but that labour being easily frustrated by the Cannon from the batteries the Christians advanc'd their Trenches to the Counterscarp and made a descent into the Mote After that upon the fourth of August they made two descents more into the Mote their Cannons having made another wide breach and dismounted all the Cannon of the Fort on that side Upon the sixth all things being prepar'd for a vigorous assault the General sent a second Summons to let the besieged understand That if they refus'd the second offer of his Clemency they were to expect but the utmost severity Thereupon the next morning three Commissioners were sent out who being brought before the General cast themselves upon the ground and desir'd they might be admitted to composition Which being granted the Conditions were soon accepted that the Garrison should march away with their Arms and what they could carry about 'em and the Christians took possession of the Fortress wherein they found fourscore Peices of Brass Cannon of which twenty had the Arms of St. Mark upon 'em together with a great quantity of Ammunition and Provision There march'd out of the Garrison about 600 men and the like number of women and Children who were convey'd to Prevesa and by this means a great many Christian slaves were releas'd During the whole time of the Seige which lasted about seventeen days the Christians lost 400 Men the Turks 300. While things thus prosperously succeed at Sancta Maura the Seige of Buda carri'd on with so much vigour and the noise of the Bavarian Forces ready to joyn with the Besiegers so Alarums Adrianople that the Sirasquier Bassa receives positive orders to relieve the Town or die in the Attempt But General Lesly lay so unluckily posted in his way that he deem'd it necessary to remove so formidable an Enemy before he could proceed any farther Lesley having receiv'd advice of this and that to accomplish his design he was decamp'd from Walpa re-inforc'd with several Bridges of Horse and Foot from Bosnia and other places with a resolution to attack him posted himself in an advantageous place between two Morasses about half an hours march from the Bridge which he had made over the Drave at which time there came to his aid a seasonable recruit of 800 Croatian Gentlemen and a 1000 Soldiers from the Province of Zethmar which he plac'd before the two Morasses that cover'd the wings of his Army No sooner had he secur'd himself but the Enemy appear'd in sight upon the nineteenth of August and the next day made a furious onset upon the Croats and Zethmarians thinking to force them from their Station But they so rudely entertain'd their Assailants and were so bravely assisted by the Dragoons and Musketeers that were sent to their relief that the Turks were forc'd to retreat with considerable loss Nevertheless soon after they return'd again with a greater number and renewed the encounter with such a redoubl'd resolution that the Croats were constrain'd to give ground leaving three Standards in the victors hands which so highly enrag'd the Serasquier that he came on with his main Forces and fell upon two of Lesley's Posts on that side of the Morass where the German Cavalry and Infantry were plac'd who so stoutly behav'd themselves that after an obstinate conflict for three hours together the Turks were forc'd to retire notwithstanding the inequality of their number For that the Serasquier had no less then thirty thousand in his Army Lesley not above fourteen thousand to encounter him In this Action the Bassa lost five hundred of his best men of the Christians about two hundred were kill'd and wounded All this while great were the expectations on both sides at Buda while the besieged look'd many a long look for the Serasquier and the besiegers impatiently attended the Baverian re-inforcement And perhaps it might have been worse for the Christians had not their cause born up their resolution above their expectations For about the beginning of September the Duke of Lorrain himself wearied with the toils of Wars and watchful cares of an industrious General fell sick of a Fever which held him till past the middle of the Month so that he was forc'd to retire for a while to a place near the Camp call'd the old Town At the same time also sickness forc'd the Duke of Croy and Commissary General Breiner to leave the Camp Which distempers of the General and other great Officers though they had no fatal effect upon the Army yet it caus'd some abatement of their wanted successes 'T is true that the Enemy was repuls'd with loss in two Salleys which they made the first upon the eighth of September to their great damage and a second the same Evening with as ill success for the Battalions of Souches Beck and Newburgh coming into the timely assistance of those that guarded the Trenches the slaughter of the Enemy happen'd to be very great however they lost Lieutenant Collonel Souches with several other officers and forty Soldiers Nevertheless for want of Foot the besieged ruin'd the Works which the besiegers had rais'd to cut off the communication between the Town and the River Before this also upon the first of September the Turks made a desperate Salley in the night which before they had not done the fury of which fell upon the Dragoons who did not expect their coming of whom they slew a hundred and fifty with little loss on their side The next morning likewise they made a second Salley with Horse and Foot but the besiegers having timely notice of it repell'd the Enemy with a far greater slaughter and several Prisoners taken Equal or rather far better success had Collonel Heuster who being sent out with a thousand Imperial Cuirassiers and six hundred Hungarian
Andrew where the whole Army consisting of about 30000 men pass'd the Danaw the first of November over a Bridge of Boats the Cavalry facing the Enemy while the Foot march'd off Which was perform'd with that wariness and exact Order that they were neither attaqu'd by the Serasquier nor from the Town so that they lost not so much as one map in the Retreat This was the unfortunate Issue of this Summers Seige of Buda which might have well deserv'd the Pen of another Homer to eternize the performances of those great Personages no less famous then his Achilles's or Patroclus's whose valour however could not prevent their being buried in their own Trenches They fought only for the honor of one part of Greece these for the Good of all Christendom strenuously endeavouring to have recover'd by their courage what had been wrested from the Christians formerly and all the while every Salley and Repulse of the Enemy was a Theme for Heroick Invention As for those that surviv'd they continu'd their indefatigable endeavours to level the Fortifications not only of Art but ev'n Nature it self till Nature releiv'd Nature with the Stoppings and Inundations of the Season and Winter prov'd no less favourable to the Turks than the Summer had been to the Christians Yet is not this the first Seige of this Nature rais'd after the loss of men and the laborious toyls of the Besiegers frustrated We read of the famous City of Rhodes that when the Walls were almost levell'd with the Earth and the yawning Breaches gap'd to let in the numerous Enemy the whole Force of the Ottoman Empire daily reinforc'd continually recruited was forc'd to retire with shame and dishonour from the Ruins of their own Batteries But much more Fresh in memory is the late Seige of Vienna it self a much weaker Town then Buda assail'd and storm'd on every side for several Months and yet the haughty Bassa that invested it was at length constrain'd not to rise end march fairly off but to fly from his Leaguer and leave the whole Plunder of his Camp to the Victor It was not so here for tho' the Besiegers were inferior in number to those that came to the releif of the Besieged yet they maintain'd their Posts drew off all their Artillery sent away all their wounded and sick People all their Baggage fac'd the Enemy and march'd off leisurely without disturbance or the loss so much as of one man 'T is therefore true that the Turks themselves may have some reason to be glad nor are they to be blam'd for being glad to find themselves in some measure repaid for their greater and much more ignominious loss before Vienna by releiving so seasonably a Town which has preserv'd 'em the cheifest Trophy of all their former Hungarian Conquests But that there should be a sort of Turkish Christians that shewed themselves so pensive as they did when the Town was near losing and now share with the Turks in the Mirth of their Triumph cannot otherwise be thought than very strange It is said of Solyman who first took Buda from the Hungarians that with tears in his Eyes he bewail'd the slaughter which his Sword had made and the untimely end to which he had reduc'd the unfortunate Lodowic the Second but these people are sorry that the Christians were not all Buried under the Walls of Buda and because the Turk could not do it in performance please themselves with pursuing and destroying the retreating Besiegers in their discourse and reports But then again when we consider that all this is for Count Tekelie's sake upon whom they look as the great Champion of Hungarian Liberty and Property and Freedom of Conscience as they call it 't is not so much to be admir'd that their Interests are so twisted with his and that their simpathy extends so many German Miles to condole or congratulate the losses or successes of the Turk his Protector But this it is not to understand the depth of true Protestant Interest otherwise what greater wonder in the world then that Julius the Head of the Papists should be condemn'd for calling in the Turks to his assistance when it shall be lawful at the same time for these sublimated Protestants to repine at the successes of their follow Christians and rejoice at the prosperity of Infidels But the Turks were so kind as to relieve the distressed Pope besieg'd in Bologna and now have rais'd the drooping Spirits of these Protestant Mussel-men by the relief of Buda 'T was pity Count Tekelie their ador'd friend was so shamefully surpriz'd that their joy might have been compleat However we have still this advantage over 'em that they are glad the Seige is rais'd and we are much more glad 't was rais'd without the loss of Men or Reputation Which the Turks could not say when chas'd and scattet'd from Vienna FINIS
themselves very near the Castle it self so that now all the publick Intelligence in this Part of the World sounded loud to a General Assault and the fatal Determination of so long and so bloody a dispute And there is no question to be made but that never any Besiegers labour'd with more indefatigable pains with such an obstinacy that neither inundation of Water nor unseasonable Weather could stop the Career of their Travel beyond all the Roman Industry before Jerusalem But when the day was appointed the Duke of Lorrain relaps'd to such a degree that the Margrave of Baden was sent to Command the Army during his Indisposition and more than that not to mention the Rainy weather alleadg'd for another Cause the Serasquier Bassa said to be repass'd the Bridge of Esseck so soon as the Duke had ceas'd his pursuit advances again and lodges himself within four Hungarian Miles of Buda It behov'd him to use all his Wits to save his Neck and therefore while he lay there he provided five Boats laden with Provision and Ammunition to be sent up the River and at the same time having given orders to the Bassa of Agria to Alarum the Imperialists of Pâ—st resolv'd himself to advance near the Leaguer as if he intended to assail the Christian Camp to the end that by the favour of the Night and such a Diversion the supply might the more easily be got into the Town But the Duke of Lorrain having notice of his design commanded Major General Dunevelt to pass the Danaw with a Body of Horse near Vacia which he did directing his March toward Pest So soon as the Turks perceiv'd the Imperial Troops they retreated with all the haste they could On the other side Dunevelt advancing along by the River side had the good Fortune to meet with five Boats which he took with ease and put to the Sword all the Turks that were in ' em By which means the support intended for the Garrison became a supply no less seasonable to the Besiegers But notwithstanding this Disappointment and that the Besieged were said to be reduc'd to four Thousand Men they forgot not their wonted Custome of making Sallies first upon the thirteenth of November at what time they were beaten in again with little loss to the Besiegers The next day they came forth again and forc'd the Bavarians from their Works but other Forces coming in to their timely assistance the Christians regain'd their Posts though with the loss of two Hundred Men. The fifteenth day they made another Salley with six Hundred Men and prevail'd so far that they took away and carry'd into the Town the very Deal Boards which the Besiegers made use of in working their Mines Which nevertheless was not so prejudicial as their Counter-mines which now began to take Effect And certainly it was encouragement sufficient for the Besieged to do their utmost to preserve themselves and annoy their Enemies when they saw the Serasquier Bassa with his numerous Troops o'r-spreading all the neighbouring Feilds and watching all opportunities to send 'em fresh Relief For the Bassa was all this while posted within five Miles of the Town so that the Imperial Cavalry being hinder'd from forraging suffer'd very much while the Besiegers seem'd in a manner besieg'd themselves But that which mainly incommoded the Christians was the unseasonable Weather which had not only drown'd several of the Bavarian Trenches but begot sundry distempers as well among the Officers as Soldiers lying wet and cold which had much impair'd the Infantry and much weaken'd the Cavalry insomuch that the Regiments of Savoy Magni and Heuster were reduc'd to Thirty and Forty Men. Yet notwithstanding all the hardships which they suffer'd the Imperialists could not so soon resolve to go without the purchase of a Place which had cost the expence of so much time and blood And therefore perceiving that the Serasquier embolden'd with a Reinforcement of forty Thousand fresh Men and fourteen Peices of Cannon drew nearer and nearer within two Miles of the Camp a Council was call'd wherein they resolv'd to abide the Enemy in their Trenches which were deep and well fortifi'd On the other side the wary Turk did not think it convenient to make a general Attacque upon the Enemies Camp where he well knew he should meet with a dangerous opposition For upon his first approaches certain Detachments of the Imperialists being sent out to encounter his formost Troops had given 'em such proofs of their Courage that the Bassa was forc'd to retire Which the Besieged impatient of his delays observing and to ruine one of the Christian Batteries which did very much annoy the Town made a desperate Salley upon the Bavarian Quarters but were repuls'd with considerable loss at what time Collonel Kreig who commanded in the Trenches two Captains and a Lieutenant of the same Regiment were slain On the 25th the Besieged made another Salley wherein they ruin'd several of the Besiegers Works and discover'd their chief Mine Nor was it possible to prevent some successes of the Enemy where so numerous an Army daily hover'd so near their Camp Among the rest it was not the least that the Bassa of Agria having forc'd the Entrenchments which the Imperialists had made on that side next to Pest and put to the Sword those few men that were left to guard 'em had convey'd about eight Boats with Men and Provisions into the Town that another strong Party of the Turks being sent out towards old Buda had surpris'd several of the Imperial Forragers had taken 500 Horses and all the Baggage of the Count de Schram and that the Bavarians were forc'd to abandon their Mines being all fill'd with water On the 27th of October the Serasquier advanv'd so near the Christian Camp that he beat in their main Guard But the Polish Horse commanded by Prince Lubomirski not only gave a stop to their further Progress but constrain'd 'em to retire with some loss Nevertheless the Besieged encourag'd with their new recruits of Men and Provision the same day made so desperate a Salley with 2000 Men that they forc'd the Imperialists from their Trenches and being conducted by a Renegado who two days before had got into the Town to their Principal Mine they took the Powder out of it ruin'd all their Works on that side and advanc'd to the Besiegers chief Battery but the Forces that guarded the next Post hast'ning to their Releif the Enemy was beaten into the Town again Thereupon at length in consideration of the Season the ill Condition of the Army and for that their Principal Mines and Works were spoil'd both Generals resolv'd in pursuance of the Emperours Orders to raise the Seige To which purpose all the sick and wounded men to the number of 8000 being first sent away with the Baggage and Camp Attendance the great Guns were drawn off from the Batteries and for the defence of the Army in their retreat planted in the Island of St.