Third day the Christians sounded the Ditch and found there was between Four and Five Foot water And the night following they raised a Battery of Twenty Pieces of Cannon on the Edg of the Ditch and Collonel Bourgsdorff Governour of Dusseldorff who arrived in the Camp the day before was killed with a Musquet-shot The Fourth the Christians began to undermine the side of the Attack of the Troops of Brunswick but the Turks very much hindred their Work with their Cannon and Small Shot However it was continued and carried to the middle of the Line of Communication over-against the Curtain and a new Battery raised of Four Mortars The Fifth the Enemy made so great a Fire from the new Battery they had raised in the middle of the Curtain that the Christians who carried on the work were put into some disorder and a part of the Gallery ruined as likewise many men killed and wounded who were not sufficiently covered so that the rest were obliged to discontinue the work till night The 7th being the day whereon the Duke of Lorrain c. drew off as aforesaid for the Relief of Gran by the consent of the Emperor to whom he had sent an Express to acquaint him with his Resolutions the Attacks were strongly carried on and the next day the Cannon from the Batteries play'd with such fury that most of the Enemies Cannon was dismounted In which prosperous progress we will leave the Christians before Newheusel and follow the Duke of Lorrain with the other part of the Christian Army The Serasquier Bassa besieging Gran with an Army of about Forty Thousand men having raised as aforesaid his Batteries on the Hills of St. George and St. Thomas several pieces of his Cannon were dismounted by the Cannon of the besieged from the Castle Yet on the First of August he caused his Trenches to be advanced And on the Second the besieged to hinder it made a furious Sally in which they killed about Two Hundred Turks On the Third the Turks attacked the lower Town but were repulsed with the loss of Three Hundred men who were killed upon the place and several Prisoners taken when in the mean time the Duke of Lorrain having held a Council of War it was resolved to march with the Army to fight the Enemy leaving Sixteen or Seventeen Thousand men to make good the Siege of Newheusel And the Count De Lamberg was sent to the Emperor to acquaint him with the Resolution that was taken which the Emperor highly approving the Count was sent back to the Duke with Orders to pursue the same who upon his Return found all things were disposed for the March but because a body of the Enemy was posted at Novigrad with a design when the Army had passed the Danube to attempt the Relief of Newheusel his Highness caused several Retrenchments to be made for the security of the Camp and defer'd his March till they were finished which being done on the 6th of August he set forward and passing the Danube advanced towards Gran with a Resolution to fight the Enemy But upon the approach of the Christian Army they quitted the Siege of Gran and drew up in Battalia behind a Morass which could not be passed but by Deffiles or Lanes as likewise possessing Two Hills of difficult access commanding the Plain by which the Christians must march to them their Right Wing extending almost to the Danube and their Left to a great Wood which covered the Flank Whereupon the Duke of Lorrain drew up his Army in Battalia on the Plain the most advantageously the Ground would permit and in that posture both Armies faced each other for the space of Three days When on the 14th of August at night a Renegado Polander making his Escape from the Turkish Army came into the Christian Camp and informed the Duke That the Serasquier having received an account That the Christian Army was but Twenty Thousand strong he resolved to attack them His Highness thereupon and to confirm the Enemy in their Opinion of the weakness of the Christians and to engage them to a Fight upon more equal ground retreated with the whole Army about an hours March towards Commorra which the Turks perceiving the next morning and that there was a sufficient Interval between the Morass and the Rear of the Christian Army to draw up in Battalia they passed the Deffiles and having again formed themselves advanced towards the Christians with their usual shouts and crys charging upon the Right Wing commanded by the Elector of Bavaria and Prince Waldeck who received them with that Bravery Courage and Firmness that they did not long keep their ground At the same time their Right Wing attacked the Left Wing of the Christians and endeavoured to have fallen upon their Flank but with as bad success as the other being beaten off with much bravery When being thus repulsed and finding they were deceived in the account they had of the Christians stength they began to fall into great disorder which was very much increased by the discharge of Thirty pieces of Cannon laden with small shot that upon the opening of the Christian Troops were fired upon them and made a great slaughter which so terrified them that upon the Second discharge they betook themselves to flight being pursued by the First Line of the Christians and a considerable number of Voluntiers who gave in this occasion great proof of their Courage So that the Turks re-passing the Deffiles in great confusion were charged upon with such Fury that a miserable slaughter ensued All that opposed were cut in pieces and the Christians pursuing their Victory entred their Camp making themselves Masters of it the Turks flying for safety towards Buda and after them were sent the Hungarians and Croats with a detachment of Cuirassiers commanded by the Baron De Mercy the Count De Stirum and Colonel Heusler who cut off divers of the Rear As for their Tents Baggage and Artillery the latter consisting of Three and Twenty Pieces of Cannon and Four Mortars all that they had there they having left the rest before Gran they were taken by the Christians 4000 Janizaries slain and 2000 Spahies besides 3000 that were computed to be killed at the Siege of Gran with only the loss of a hundred Christians not one Person of note killed or wounded except the Sieur Van Dingen General of the Battalia of the Troops of Franconia who was wounded in the Shoulder and the better to encourage the Pursuers the Duke of Lorrain ordered That whatever they took in the Pursuit should fall to their own shares After this Defeat of the Ottoman Army his Highness marched back towards Newheusel in order to finish that Siege but met the welcome News of its being taken and a while after that the Turks of Novigrad an important place between Barkin and Pest had demolished and deserted it upon their Magazines being fired with Lightning which blowing up beat down a great
Lanco being abroad with divers Troops on the part of the Venetians under his Command met on the 29th of May 1685. a Party of Turkish Horse and Foot Marching towards Hungary which he charged with such fury that he kill'd and took most of them Prisoners few escaping to tell the News which caused the Mainetes more vigorously to prosecute the War they undertook on the behalf of the Confederates against the Turks who having such large Territories to defend were forced to divide their Troops into so many divisions as rendered them the less able to carry on their designs in Hungary Insomuch that divers as well Christians as others who made their escape from Buda to Gran reported That that Garrison was in great want of all Necessaries and that if it was again attacked the Turks would not be able to defend it as formerly but Newheusel being the main Enterprize designed this Campaign no heed was given to their Asseverations yet so sensible was the Serasquier Bassa of its weakness that he sent a part of the Provision thither which was brought out of the Turkish Territories for the supply of the Army that was to act under his Command which gave encouragement to the Garrison and such as were appointed thereto to go on with their Fortifications ruined the last Summer And now the Seige of Newheusel being resolved Cardinal Bonviso the Pope's Nuncio at the Imperial Court gave One Hundred Thousand Florins toward the Expences of the Blockade promising a greater sum for the Encouragement of the Officers and Soldiers when it should be taken Whereupon on the Eleventh of June the Duke of Lorrain took his leave of the Court and depâ—rted for Hungary with full power to act with the Imperial Forces this Campaign as he shall judg most advantageous for the Service of the Emperor General Schultz notwithstanding his having taken the Base-Town or Out-Fortress of Vngwar and defeated a Party sent out by Count Teckeley to succour it Yet the Upper Town being strongly fortified stored with Provision and Ammunition after some Loss before it he thought fit to draw off and wait a more favourable opportunity to attack it Whilst these things were transacting Ten Thousand Turks found means to pass the Bridg of Esseck and joyn that Body of an Army they had formed near Belgrade there giving out that they would relieve Newheusel whatever it cost them And the better to enable them to make an attempt for its relief the Bassa of Bossina received Orders from the Port to march with the Troops of that Country towards Hungary On the 13th of June the Duke of Lorrain with a great Train of Officers and Nobility arrived at the Imperial Camp near Newheusel where he found things in a great forwardness and the same day held a Council of War after which Count Caprara with Four Thousand Horse was sent out to learn the posture of the Enemy And in the mean while the Troops of Bavaria Cologne Lunenburg Franconia Suabia and the Vpper Rhine were expected to make up the Army Fifty Thousand Fighting men besides other Troops raised by the Confederate Princes which were upon their March and such as were posted in divers places to preserve the Provinces from the Incursion of the Enemy And although General Schultz at present failed to reduce Vngwar by reason his Correspondence with some of the Garrison was discovered yet he had the good fortune to take the Town of Onoth a place possessed by the Rebels with the loss of Twenty Two Men only on his part where he found a great Booty consisting of 300 Horses and 1000 Head of Cattle killing 130 of the Enemy General Caprara who was sent out to observe the motion of the Enemy defeated a Party of Turks that were on their March to Novigrad making his Report That the Turks near Buda were Forty Thousand strong which he learned from such Prisoners as he had taken in the Action Whereupon the Vice-Roy of Croatia received an Express to draw his Troops into the Field the better to be in a readiness to prevent any Incursion that might be made into that Province The Palatine of Hungary the Count D'Esterhasi made likewise what speed he could to raise the Eight Thousand Hungarians he proposed to bring into the Emperor's Service to act conjunctly with the Army or separately as his Imperial Majesty should think most convenient for his advantage the Principal Officers of the Imperial Army being in their order these The Duke of Lorrain General Prince Waldeck Commander of the Foot as Mareschal De Camp General and under him the Duke De Croy General of the Artilery the Prince of Newburg Great Master of the Teutonick Order the Count De Souches and Count de Scherffenburg the two latter in quality of Major-Generals the Count De Caprara Commander of the Horse as Mareschal De Camp General under him Prince Louis of Baden and the Count De Dunewaldet as Generals of Horse the Count De Palfie Lieutenant General Count Taff the Baron de Mercy the Count de Lodron and the Count De Stirum Major Generals the Prince de Solms Commander of the Cavalry in Croatia and the Marquess de Lavergne of the Infantry under General Leslie The Forces against the Rebels in the Vpper Hungary are commanded by General Schultz and the Count Esterhasi to command those Hungarians he raises for the Service As for the Serasquier Bassa though he was not ignorant that the Christians intended to open the Campaign with the Siege of Newheusel the place which he had an Express from the Grand Signior to relieve at the hazard of all his Forces yet he stayed near Belgrade to expect the Asian Troops which were on their March whose neglect in advancing brought such a fear upon Novigrad that although it had been re-inforced with three Hundred Janizaries yet upon the approach of Count Caprara with Three Thousand Horse the Garrison left the Town and betook them to the Castle as imagining him to be the Vant-guard of the Christian Army and the rather for that it was some time given out That that place would be first besieged A Party of Hussars in the service of the Emperor being abroad fell upon Two Hundred Janizaries near Buda put them to the rout killed most of them and took the Aga that commanded them Prisoner about whom Letters were found from the Vizier of Buda to the Bassa of Newheusel wherein he exhorted him in case he was attacked to defend the place to the last Extremity and not despair of being relieved General Schultz pursuing his success in the Vpper Hungary made himself Master of the Fortress of Casnahauka and most of the Hungarians of that place upon their supplication were taken into the Emperor's service A Party of Eight Thousand Turks having about the beginning of June besieged the Fortress of Duare in Dalmatia scituate between Spalatro and Cataro the Proveditor General Valier and Signior Michieli Commissary-General of the Hors drew together the Forces
of the Signory under their Command and attacked the Infidels in three places with such vigor and success that they forced them to raise the Siege and retire in great disorder leaving behind them Three pieces of Cannon Three Mortars a Petard Fourteen Colours and the greatest part of their Baggage together with a Convoy of Provision newly arrived in their Camp Three Hundred were killed upon the place Eighty taken Prisoners and the Marlaques sent out in the pursuit of the flâ—ers who put them mostly to the Sword Of the Venetians only Ten were killed and Thirty wounded The Bassa of Bossina who by this time had his Orders for marching into Hungary was countermanded being upon the Borders with Four Thousand Horse and understanding the Leaguers were attacked advanced to their relief with all diligence but coming too late was himself charged by the Venetians and put to the rout Whereupon many of the neighbouring Inhabitants casting off the Turkish Yoak put themselves under the protection of the Christiands and upon their humble supplication had Quarters assigned them by the Proveditor Valier which obliged the Grand Signior to hasten his Troops out of Asia compelling the Merchants Ships at Smirna and other Ports to transport them And by reason some of the Bassa's upon their arrival at Adrianople had not compleated their Levies he caused them to be strangled On the 23d of June the Duke of Lorrain with a detachment of 700 Horse and two Companies of Hussars marched towards Gran to observe by what way the place might be best relieved in case the Turks should to divert the Imperial Forces besiege it And the 25th of June his Highness passed the River Gran over a Bridg of Boats with Three Thousand Horse Two Hundred Dragoons and a party of Hussars to observe the scituation of Novigrad The next day he came before the place at what time the Bassa Governour sent out Three Hundred Horse in Two Squadrons who skirmished with the Hussars and a detachment of Foot to secure the Retreat of the Horse which obliged the Duke of Lorrain to send a detachment to possess the Hills from whence the place might be the better observed and went thither in person when the Troops commanded by the Princes De Conti and De-la-Roche Sur-Yon advanced to the Foot of the Rampart notwithstanding the continual Fire of the Turkish Infantry which were posted there The Duke of Lorrain having taken a view of the place commanded the Troops that kept the Hills to retire who in their Retreat had a brisk skirmish with the Enemy's Horse But the Princes De Conti and De la Roche Sur-yon advancing to their assistance the Turks retired in much disorder In this action the Chevalier de' Poncherron received a shot in the Breast and several others were wounded On the 4th of July his Highness returned to the Army before Newheusel and gave such encouragement to the Pioniers that they carried on the Works with much bravery notwithstanding the Fire of the Enemy so that by the 8th of July the Lines were finished And on the 10th as the Christians were raising a Battery the Turks made a Sally to hinder their work but were soon obliged to retire in great disorder Yet in the Action the Prince De Commercy Prince Ferdinand de Wirtemberg and some other persons of Quality who were Voluntiers were wounded On the 11th at night the Trenches were opened and the Baron de Beck posted himself within Pistol-shot of the Covert-way and maintained himself there notwithstanding the continual Fire of the bâ—sieged And about Nine of the Clock in the Evening Three Thousand Foot opened the Trenches on the other side the River within Eighty paces of the Ditch On the 12th the Trench was carried from the right to the left and the Imperialists began to raise Two Batteries to ruin the Defences of the place The 13th at night they finished the work and made a Re-doubt at the Head of each Trench to defend themselves against the Enemies Sallies The 14th at night they began a false attack on the side opposite to the true one and made a parallel which joyned the Heads of the Two Trenches On the 15th at night they carried on the Two Attacks to the Edg of the Ditch and finished a Battery of Eighteen pieces of Cannon in the middle of the Parallel On the 16th in open day a Christian Slave though with Chains on his Legs endeavoured to escape out of the Town but Three Turks pursued him and cut off his Head Yet ere they could retire Two of them were killed by the Shot of the Imperialists On the 16th at â—ight the besieged made a continual fire and shot a great many Arâ—ows and Stones by which means Fifteen Christians were killed and Thirty wounded On the 17th the Enemy abandoned a Phlanque whâ—ch covered one of the Gates of the place on the left of the Attack and at the same time set fire on that side to the Paâ—sedes upon which there were Three or Four Hundred Heads of Christians As for this place it is scituate upon a Plain full of Moors but in most places passable having Six Bastions lined with Stone-work a Ditch full of water between Seven and Eight Foot deep and Eighteen Foot broad But for Out-works it has only Two Half Moons before the Two Gates and the River Neutra And in the Town upon the arrival of the Imperial Army were supposed between 1000 and 1200 fighting men Whilst the Siege of Newheusel went on thus successfully the Elector of Bavaria arrived with a splendid Train at Vienna where at his landing he was received by the Emperor and the Cannon of the City fired in token of his welcom the Garrison-Soldiers and Burghers being likewise in Arms. Whereupon his Imperial Majesty and Electoral Highness went to the Augustins-Church whither the young Arch-Dutchess was soon ofter brought by the Empress and the Empress Dowager and there Married to his Electoral Highness of Bavaria by the Bishop of Colonitz which done the Cannon round the City was again discharged and their Highnesses were conducted to the Pallace where they supped publickly with their Imperial Majesties the Ambassadors of Spain and Venice sitting at the same Table During Supper the Cannon was discharged a third time and the Pallace and almost all the Houses in the City were illuminated with Flambeaux and Torches accompanied with all other Expressions of Joy In which we will leave them and return to the Camp before Newheusel where his Electoral Highness soon after arrived On the 18th and 19th of July nothing considerable passed but on the 20th the Imperialists battered the Wall with Nine pieces of Cannon and cast Bombs and Carcases into the Town which greatly endamaged and annoyed the besieged The night following they lodged themselves on the right and left in the Ditch And though it was a very dangerous work yet only a Captain of the Regiment of Metternich and an other of the Troops of Brunswick were