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A95299	A True relation or journal of the siege and taking by storm of the famous city of Belgrade by the Christian army under the conduct of the victorious elector of Bavaria, on the 6th day of September, 1688 with an account of its scituation, fortifications, &c., and also of the great victory gained by Prince Lovis of Baden over the Turkish army, commanded by the Bassa of Bosnia.		1688 (1688)	Wing T3083; ESTC R42945	13,703	26

Besieged were not Idle but made very Vigorous Sallies as long as they could Playing their Canon Bombs and small Shot without Intermission so that many were Killed on both sides and some Wounded amongst the latter was Count D' Ligneville Collonel of Foot and Adjutant General wounded by a Shot in the Trenches whither he was come to give necessary Orders and although he was carried off yet soon after he Died of the Wound These being the Actions passing the Twenty Third and Twenty Fourth and the heavy Canon being all mounted on the Batteries whilst they were Thundring against the Walls a Letter was brought and Presented to the Duke of Bavaria from Osman Bassa of Aleppo the Tenure of which together with His Electoral Highnesses Answer take as followeth The Letter Honour of Princes Believing in Jesus Chosen among the most Noble of the Christian Nation Pattern of Magnificence Possessor of all Splendor Duke of Bavaria and Chief General of the Roman Empire Maximilian whose ways be Prosperous after Salutation Be it Known unto You That the most Serene Great and Mighty Ottoman Emperour Monarch of the World Our Lord having sent with His Serene Letter to the greatest of the Christian Kings the most Serene Emperor One of His Well-deserving Servants Sulficar Effendi Adorned with several High Degrees of Honour whose Praise be Increased and the Present Drugerman of the Renowned Port a Mirror of the Nobles of the Christian Worship Alexander whose ways end Happy They are Arrived here and because they are going to You and according to Ancient and Laudable Custom have need for Themselves and a Hundred Persons of Pass-ports and Safe-guards to be sent from your Army this Our present Letter is Written and Dispatched to You. After the Receipt whereof We hope that Pass-ports and some People for a Safe-guard will be sent hither that the above-mentioned may as They are Commanded Repair to You. They will upon Their coming near God willing send again to You to the End a Convoy may come from your Army to Meet and Receive Them from the Bassa sent with some Troops from hence that so the Respect and Safety of Ambassadors observed by all Nations as is fit and necessary may remain in its Ancient Lustre therefore You know how careful both Sides ought to be of their safe Passage For the rest Prosperity be to those that shall follow the True Direction Given in Our Army near Nissa Signed Osman Bassa of Aleppo To this Letter the Elector of Bavaria after some consulting the Matter in Council with the Chief Officers of the Army returned the following Answer Maximilian Emanuel c. To Osman Bassa Greeting c. WE have Received the Letter You sent Vs from the Camp near Nissa wherein You give Vs to understand That an Ambassador by Name Sulsicar Effendi and the first Drugger-man have Orders from your Emperor to come to Our Army Now although we being Inclin'd to Military Actions might well refuse their coming hither or which none could take amiss in the present Juncture of Affairs might put it off till another time since We do judge their Proposals will little agree with Our present Intentions yet being moved by a Christian Compassion We do grant that They may come to Our Army and We will favourably Hear what Your Emperor has Commanded them to Propose unto Vs for which purpose We have Commanded that a Passport be prepared for Their security and delivered to the Person that brought Vs your Letter We have likewise given Order to the Commandant of Semendria that in the manner directed him and with a sufficient number of Troops he Conduct them safely to Our Army upon which they may firmly Rely Given in our Camp before Belgrade c. Upon the return of this Answer to the Bassa of Aleppo's Letter General Caraffa received Orders to go to Titul to meet the Turkish Ambassadors and to hear what they had to Propose and in the mean while the Elector of Bavaria sent to Vienna to acquaint the Emperor that a Chiaux was Arrived in the Camp and what he had done in Answer to the Letter received desiring further Advice on this occasion upon which he received Directions to suffer the Ambassadors to pass on with their Train So that the Chiaux was sent back with a Pass-port for the Ambassadors under the Convoy of Twenty Horse And thereupon the Count de Lodron Marched with a Regiment of Croats to strengthen the Garrison a little before put into Semandria least the Turks should return upon second Thoughts and Repossess it On the Twenty Fifth the great Canon being Arrived and the Batteries were Intirely fixed the Besiegers possessed themselves under the favour of them of another Mosque very advantageously Scituate to shelter them in the advancing their Works whilst the Miners Lodged themselves at the Foot of the Wall and made Lodgments for their Powder On the Twenty Sixth the Batteries against the Castle Playing furiously beat down the Top of the Round-Tower which fell into the Ditch doing damage to the Battlements and other Works in its Fall and the better to forward this good Success Fifteen Mortars were placed most advantageously on the sides of the Ba●●●ries that were the most advanced in order to cast Bomb●●nto the Castle and Town On the Twenty Seventh the Canon and Mortars Play'd very furiously by whose continual Thundering a considerable Breach was made in the Wall at what Time the Besieged sprung a Mine near the Mosque of which the Besiegers made themselves the last Masters which though it did not Blow up yet rendered it useless and Wounded divers Men that were in and near it On the Twenty Eighth The Besieged sprung another Mine designing thereby to Ruine the main Advance Battery of the Besiegers but Blowing up short it only shook it without any Demolishment yet the Thunder-crack was so great that it occasioned a considerable Disorder and was Increased by one of the Besieged's Bombs setting Fire to several Quintals of Powder which blew up Seven or Eight Men that were on the Battery which the Besieged perceiving made a Sally with about an Hundred Men coming on the Right and Left of the Head of the Trenches but found the Guards there in so good a Posture that being warmly received after some Dispute they were beaten back with the loss of Twelve of their Men who were Killed at the first Volley of Shot discharged upon them And this day Two Christians made their Escape out of the Place to the Camp and declared That the Garrison was between Three and Four Thousand strong that they were very diligent in Mining to meet the Approaches of the Besiegers and that the Governor whose Name was Ibraim assured them there was a Powerful Army coming to their Relief Incouraging them in the Expectation thereof to make a resolute Defence On the Twenty Ninth His Electoral Highness sent a Captain with an Interpreter to Summon the Besieged to a Surrender of the Town and Castle seeing