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A Brief chronicle of the Turkish War, from July to January, 1664 turned out of high-Dutch ; together with his Imperial Majesties reasons for the undertaking of the war, and a map for the better understanding of the story.
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Wing B4552; ESTC R43608
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Post at the Vienna-Gate possess'd themselves of a Roundel in which Action many were slain on both sides On the 25th the Turks began to Batter the Vienna-Gate On the 27th there came one Turk into the Mote who was taken Prisoner and confess'd that he was sent to Scout for which he was immediately knock'd on the head On the 29th the Turkish Horse retired from the Fort and drew near unto the Island Schutt at which time they fir'd twelve Guns On the 31th the Enemy Attempted the Pallisado's and began also to fill up the Mote and on this day Lievetenant Colonel Mortinisa Lamberg received a Shot of which he dyed the day following September the First at night the Besieged vowed to stand to it with their Officers to the last drop of their Blood On the 2d dito a great Number of Janisaries came into the Mote against whom many shot were made at which time it was supposed that the Enemy would give an Assault On the 3d two Corporals were condemned to dye for deserting their Post On the 5th 140 Auxiliaries came in from Comorra and Lievetenant Colonel Hagen was touched lightly with a ball of two pound eight and upon the same day the Turks forced out of the Ground some of the Pallisado's hard by the Fort at which work many of them were slain On the 6th the Turks Approached in digging to the middle of the Town-Mote On the 7th it rained so that they could not work On the 9th Nine of the Defendents were killed by shot and our of the Turks were slain by one Christian On the 10th and Officer was Condemned to dye for leaving his Post and giving way to the Enemy On the 11th the Turks brake down the Vienna Gate Bridge which was repaired and drawn up the next night Many shot were this day made and great Execution done upon the Enemy On the 13th they played strongly with their great Guns both upon the Wall and into the City but without much Harm On the 15th the Turks made a shot just into the mouth of a great Gun in Newhausel which made the Gun fly and killed one man hard by it In the Afternoon 5 of the Turks that intended to passe the Mote gave an Alarme at which time the Lievetenant Colonel of the Walterish Regiment was killed with a Shot On the 17th the Marquis of Grana was hurt with a Bullet below the knee but the Grand Captain was wounded in the Head whereof he dyed also between eleven and twelve of the Clock the Enemy made an Assault in two places which lasted till two with great losse on both sides At the Evening the Besieged flung lighted Pitch-Barrels among the Enemy which drove them out of Frederick Sconce but at the going out of the Lights the Turks pressed in again with two foot Companyes On the 18th the Turks were working of a Mine but the Besieged in their Counter-mining drove them back However by this means they made a Breach in the wall sufficient for a Passage at which time the Besieged stood but one pace from the Enemy whom they forc'd to retreat with kindled Pitch-Barrells On the 20th the Turks climb'd over the Pallisado's and began to undermine Forgats-Sconce and about four in the after-noon they Attaqued Frederick-Scone and planted seventeen of their Ensignes upon it but were beaten off successfully they likewise made an Assault upon Forgats-Sconce to their great losse On the 21th they came on by night in great silence and made another Assault at which time an Eminent Bassa was slain and two Captains of the Besieged and on both sides many Souldiers lost On the 22th they made another furious assault but they were repulsed with losse and kept off with flinging of kindled Pitch-Barrels among them yet they came on again but to no purpose At this Bout the Besieged lost above forty men amongst whom were two Lievetenant Colonells on whereof was a Spaniard the other was Hagen On this day Marquis Pio was wounded in his Head with an Arrow and in his Neck he received another wound Marquis de Grana was wounded also on the Head On the 23th the Enemy Battered 2o furiously that Frederick and Serin-Sconces were beaten to the Ground and a Breach made Large enough for three Horse-men to have passed a Brest This whole night they shot without Intermission and with Incredible Labour and Delving they raised a Mount of Earth so high that from thence they could Command the Town and beat the Besieged from the Walls Wherejpon the Hungarians whispered one another to Surrender out of a fear to dispute it any longer which moved the Germans likewise to speak of an Accord to Marquis Pio who telling them that the Enemy kept no Accord one of the Souldiers replyed that he did and thereupon the Marquis ran him through and kill'd him However presently after they sent to the Grand Vizier demanding Honorable Conditions whose Answer was that they should set down their own Terms leaving only their Creat Guns in the Fort. On the 25th the Turks were admitted to the Gran-Gate On the 26th they stay'd there till twelve at Noon and then the Christians marched out with 2422 sound and Armed men many sick Germans four Piece of Ordnance with Baggage for which the Turks allowed Horses and Waggons and Conducted the Garrison to Comorra The Tartars and some of the Turks fell to plundering of several Houses in Newhausel and some of the Waggons of those that marched out but a Bassa staid their hands and kept them in order by force At this Surrender the Enemy got seventy piece of Ordnance great store of Armes Powder Wine Meal and Corn Many of the Hungarians tarrying in Newhausel with the Turks THis Siege drew in many of the Tartars Moldavians and Wallachians taking their March through Transylvania where they began their Horrid Cruelty upon the Christians toward the Camp before Newhausel From Thence September The Infidels passe the Waegh and break into Moravia the 3d. being encreased to the Number of 20. or 30000 by the Addition of may Turks they sought to make their way over the Waegh which at last they carried by force putting those Christians to the Sword that guarded the Passe and so Crossing the Mountains they Entred into Moravia to Vngrishbrod Hollishau and the parts about Olmitz which Towns together with a great number of the Neighbouring Villages they burnt to the Ground Many Christians they put to the Sword The Turks Barbarous Cruelties Women and Maids these Bruits Ravished the strong men they tyed in Couples and drove them along Little Children they put into Sacks life Geese some they cut in two and others they dash'd against the Stones Let the Sun Blush and the Rocks Weep at such Cruelty and let the Earth open her Mouth and swallow up these Execrable Murderers The Number of the Slain and Captiv'd Christians is reckoned to be above ten Thousand These Barbarians although Strangers to the Passes and wayes of these Parts wanted
Raah not far off Nor was it unknown to Count Strozzi the Governour of Presburg how much the safety of the Whole Depended upon the Security of This Part which moved him to make timely provision for the Defence thereof But the neighbouring Places that lay open as St. George Posing Modern c. chose rather to submit then expose themselves to the extremities of Fire and Sword Neutra Ren dred by an unprofitable Opposition Neutra indeed a Place not far from Newhausel nor less defensible might have resisted but did not and upon the Redition the Garrison according to agreement was conducted to Presburg Tyrnaw and other Towns yielded also The Enemies next Attempt was upon Schinta The Enemy Attempts Schinta and is beaten off wherein was lodg'd a fair Artillery but the Governour deported himself valiantly and beat them off By this time October was half over and the season call'd the Turk to his Winter-Quarters who finding his time lost upon Schinta drew off to Newhausel which place is now repaired and strongly Garrison'd the River neutra being brought round about it From Thence the Turk took his March with a Considerable Body to the Ship-Bridge at Gran and caused some of his great Guns to be pass'd over there as if his purpose had been to Vinter in his own Territories Those of Newhausel laboured hard to get into the Schut The Island Schut Attempted and settle themselves betwixt the Two Forts of Raah and Comorra whereupon Montecuculi and Serini joyn'd their Forces to oppose them And now the fortune of the War seem'd a little to flatter the Christians Two defeats given to the Enemy by the Two Serini's Nicholas Serini on the 17. of Oct. defeating a Party of 300 Turks and his Brother Peter near the same time falling upon a Body of about 7000 of them near Carlstat on the Frontiers of Stiria where they designed and Inrode upon the Christians but Count Serini and Coun Ausburg from an Ambuscade brake in among them slew 1000 and took 100 Prisoners among which were diverse Persons of Note and the son of a great Bassa The rest disperst themselves and the Victorious in this Adventure got great Booty The Serinies have shew'd themselves in This their deportment the true Heirs of the Honour and Valour of that Noble Family and they bring to mind a memorable Action which was performed by their Grandfather Nicholas Serini in the year 1566 To his Eternal Glory ON the 6th of August 1566 Sigeth taken by Solyman in 1566. and the Honourable Death of Count Nicholas Sereni Solyman the Magnificent layd Siege to the Fort Sigeth wherein this great Captain Nicholas Serini was Governour who made many bold Sallyes upon the Enemy took many Prisoners and at one time caused 300 Turks to be beheaded which so far enraged Solyman that he plyed his Batteries and Attempts with greater fury then before Serini perceiving the New Town to be upon the point of being entred caused it to be set on sire and retreated into the Old A while after the Turks assaulted the Old-Town but were so bravely received that in One storm they lost 2000 men However they attempted it again and carried it whereupon Serini was forced to retire into the Castle against which the Enemy planted a Battery and gave One furious Attaque but were beaten off with great loss While this pass'd Solyman died of a Bloody-Flux Sept. 4. but Mahomet Bassa labouring as much as possible to keep his death conceal'd from the Turks caused the Corps Embalmed and Gloriously Cloathed to be expos'd in a dark place to the People as sitting on his Throne and the Bassa himself with all his usual Ceremonies and Reverence feigning some singular matter of privacy and business with him At length the Bassa went out of the Tent wiping his eyes as if he had been crying which gave the Officers occasion to enquire why he wept To whom he replyed that It grieved his heart to think how many brave Souldiers would be suddenly put to the Sword for sayes he Solyman has maded a deep and desperate Oath that if this Place be not taken in two days every Colonel that hears any Charge in the Attempt shall certainly be put to death Hereupon the Janizaryes fell into a direct Rage and gave a furious Assault but were repulsed with exceeding losse they had however set fire to the Castle and now the Noble Defender of it seeing his fate before his eyes call'd the small remainder of his men about him and exhorted them to stand by him and resolve to dye with him Whereupon he Clothed himself in a Violet-Coloured Velvet Suit took the Key of the Castle and some Gold in his Pocket caus'd the Gates to be open'd and the great Guns to be drawn thither and discharged among the Enemy and in a Cloud of smoake issued forth with his Men among the Turks and fought till he was shot in the head This was the end of the Valiant Serini It was reckoned that 20000 Turks were slain before this Fort. No sooner was Serini faln but the Infidels thronging about the Corps cut off his head and set it on a Polo for one day after which they sent it with a Scoffe to Maximilian the Emperour Now to returne to the Story IN October the Count of Hollach The Coun◠of Hollach 〈◊〉 General of the Imperia◠Auxiliaries being chosen General of the Imperiall Auxiliaryes came to Vienna his Forces amounting to 6 or 7000 men being Enquarter's betwixt That and Crembs The Emperours Army lying at that time near Presburg to recruit being much weakned by many Inconveniencies the whole Army which the Hungarians Croatians and Auxiliaryes was computed to be 40000 strong but the several heads of so many Nations who at this time were almost all in Vienna could not it seems agree so well together as not to need his Imperial Majestie 's singular Care and Circumspection to keep them from starting into Partyes and Passions There was an Intent to joyn 7 or 8000 men that were raised in Silesia to This Body but the Silesian Forces would neither march out of their native Country nor obey any Forreign Command so that They stayd at home to defend their Borders and especially the Passage by Jablunka While the Christians were laying their heads and their Forces together to put themselves into a Posture the Enemy brake up with his main Body before Newhausel the Turk breaks up from before Newhausel and about the end of October took his March toward Gran and Offen The Tartars also with their Prey marched toward Tartary carrying along with them their Chiefest Captives in Coaches and Wagons driving their ordinary Prisoners along with Whips naked and their hair flying about their eyes like so many Beasts In Vpper-Hungary they met with some opposition at which time many of the Captives were forced out of their hands and about 2000 of these Tartars put to the Sword Count Nicholas