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A63691 A True relation of the great victory obtained by the Christian army over the Turks near the mountain Harsan in the neighbourhood of Syclos, from the camp of Electoral Highness of Bavaria near Barnowar the 14th of August, 1687. 1687 (1687) Wing T2963; ESTC R37176 2,941 6

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