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A65813 A true copy of a letter from an English gentleman in the Emperour's army, to an English officer in Holland concerning the total rout of the Turks by the united forces of the Christians, commanded in person by the Emperour, the King of Poland, and Duke of Lorain. Whitebrook, A. 1683 (1683) Wing W1861A; ESTC R20283 1,463 4

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A TRUE COPY OF A LETTER From an English Gentleman in the Emperour's Army to an English Officer in Holland concerning the Total Rout of the Turks by the United Forces of the Christians Commanded in person by the Emperour the King of Poland and Duke of Lorain I Cannot express my self in words suitable to the great deliverance it hath pleased God to give the Nation and Empire of the Germans from the Cruelties and Barbarieties it groaned under by the Savage Violences of Turkish Insidels in Conjunction with a worse sort of Menthan themselves who outwardly pretend a Belief of the Blessed Jesus when at the same time their Power Industry and Council tends to no less than the Total Extirpation of Christianity and the setting up its common Enemy Mahumetism under the same Notion of the old Rebels in England Viz. for the True Protestant Religion There being in the Hungarian Nation two Sects of Protestants Viz. Lutherans and Calvinists the latter of which claiming the said Epithet under the Banner of the Horrid Imposture and great Idol of the East Mahomet I could do no less than make this little short Reflection because it to me seems a Remark of so near a Parrallel with some practices in my own Country the Respect I bear to it would not suffer me to be silent in the laid particulars The King of Poland with a Royal Army attending him arrived at our Camp the Emperour having caused all necessary Provisions to be made for his Royal Majesties Reception before which several considerable Reinforcements were arrived being part of the Auxiliary Troops of the Empire of which great Numbers are on their March from all the Remotest parts of the Empire immediately after his Majesty of Poland was arrived a great Council of War was held in the Emperours Tent which being ended prayers were publickly offered throughout the Camp for a Success upon the Endeavours of the United Arms of the Christians against the Turks and Infidels which being ended immediately the whole Army by Order was on its March towards the Enemy who lay in Seige before Vienna according to common Computation 150000 strong at least the Army marched in three Batalias the Body Commanded by the Emperour in person the right wing by his Majesty of Poland and the left by his Highness of Lorain in which posture we marched with all immaginable Silence towards Vienna The City having at we fame time notice that we were approaching and as soon as we came to discern the Enemies Leagure the City gave us a Signal which in half an hours time was seconded with a Resolute sally in which many Thousands of the Turks were slain with very small loss on the Christians side The Turks seeming to be in great Consternation upon the sight of the unexpected numbers of the Christian Army before the said Salley was ended part of Our Army under his Highness of Loraine were engaged and soon after the Grosse of both Armies the dispute being for severall hours very sharp and hot but in the end it so pleased God that our Arms prevailed against the Infidels we having kill'd above thirty Thousand upon the spot and taken near half as many Prisoners and all their Artillery and Baggage which vvere very great and numerous and Totally broke the vvhole Army of the Turks vvhich our Horse continue to pursue vvith great slaughter and all this was done by the Assistance of the Almighty with inconsiderable loss on the Christians side and it is the opinion of most of our Experienced Commanders here in Camp that very few of the Turks will Escape of being taken or killed The Enemy being fled divers of our Officers went into the City and great numbers of the Citizens came to veiw our Camp their countenances bespeaking they had been neither in fear of the Enemy nor any want of necessary Provisions We are now busied in destroying the Enemys works about the City and in my next I may give you a more particular Account of the whole Affair in the mean time be pleased to accept of this as from your much Obliged and Faithfull Friend and Servant A Whitebrook Imperial Camp near Vienna Aug. the 31th LONDON Printed by E Mallet