themselves very near the Castle it self so that now all the publick Intelligence in this Part of the World sounded loud to a General Assault and the fatal Determination of so long and so bloody a dispute And there is no question to be made but that never any Besiegers labour'd with more indefatigable pains with such an obstinacy that neither inundation of Water nor unseasonable Weather could stop the Career of their Travel beyond all the Roman Industry before Jerusalem But when the day was appointed the Duke of Lorrain relaps'd to such a degree that the Margrave of Baden was sent to Command the Army during his Indisposition and more than that not to mention the Rainy weather alleadg'd for another Cause the Serasquier Bassa said to be repass'd the Bridge of Esseck so soon as the Duke had ceas'd his pursuit advances again and lodges himself within four Hungarian Miles of Buda It behov'd him to use all his Wits to save his Neck and therefore while he lay there he provided five Boats laden with Provision and Ammunition to be sent up the River and at the same time having given orders to the Bassa of Agria to Alarum the Imperialists of Pâ—st resolv'd himself to advance near the Leaguer as if he intended to assail the Christian Camp to the end that by the favour of the Night and such a Diversion the supply might the more easily be got into the Town But the Duke of Lorrain having notice of his design commanded Major General Dunevelt to pass the Danaw with a Body of Horse near Vacia which he did directing his March toward Pest So soon as the Turks perceiv'd the Imperial Troops they retreated with all the haste they could On the other side Dunevelt advancing along by the River side had the good Fortune to meet with five Boats which he took with ease and put to the Sword all the Turks that were in ' em By which means the support intended for the Garrison became a supply no less seasonable to the Besiegers But notwithstanding this Disappointment and that the Besieged were said to be reduc'd to four Thousand Men they forgot not their wonted Custome of making Sallies first upon the thirteenth of November at what time they were beaten in again with little loss to the Besiegers The next day they came forth again and forc'd the Bavarians from their Works but other Forces coming in to their timely assistance the Christians regain'd their Posts though with the loss of two Hundred Men. The fifteenth day they made another Salley with six Hundred Men and prevail'd so far that they took away and carry'd into the Town the very Deal Boards which the Besiegers made use of in working their Mines Which nevertheless was not so prejudicial as their Counter-mines which now began to take Effect And certainly it was encouragement sufficient for the Besieged to do their utmost to preserve themselves and annoy their Enemies when they saw the Serasquier Bassa with his numerous Troops o'r-spreading all the neighbouring Feilds and watching all opportunities to send 'em fresh Relief For the Bassa was all this while posted within five Miles of the Town so that the Imperial Cavalry being hinder'd from forraging suffer'd very much while the Besiegers seem'd in a manner besieg'd themselves But that which mainly incommoded the Christians was the unseasonable Weather which had not only drown'd several of the Bavarian Trenches but begot sundry distempers as well among the Officers as Soldiers lying wet and cold which had much impair'd the Infantry and much weaken'd the Cavalry insomuch that the Regiments of Savoy Magni and Heuster were reduc'd to Thirty and Forty Men. Yet notwithstanding all the hardships which they suffer'd the Imperialists could not so soon resolve to go without the purchase of a Place which had cost the expence of so much time and blood And therefore perceiving that the Serasquier embolden'd with a Reinforcement of forty Thousand fresh Men and fourteen Peices of Cannon drew nearer and nearer within two Miles of the Camp a Council was call'd wherein they resolv'd to abide the Enemy in their Trenches which were deep and well fortifi'd On the other side the wary Turk did not think it convenient to make a general Attacque upon the Enemies Camp where he well knew he should meet with a dangerous opposition For upon his first approaches certain Detachments of the Imperialists being sent out to encounter his formost Troops had given 'em such proofs of their Courage that the Bassa was forc'd to retire Which the Besieged impatient of his delays observing and to ruine one of the Christian Batteries which did very much annoy the Town made a desperate Salley upon the Bavarian Quarters but were repuls'd with considerable loss at what time Collonel Kreig who commanded in the Trenches two Captains and a Lieutenant of the same Regiment were slain On the 25th the Besieged made another Salley wherein they ruin'd several of the Besiegers Works and discover'd their chief Mine Nor was it possible to prevent some successes of the Enemy where so numerous an Army daily hover'd so near their Camp Among the rest it was not the least that the Bassa of Agria having forc'd the Entrenchments which the Imperialists had made on that side next to Pest and put to the Sword those few men that were left to guard 'em had convey'd about eight Boats with Men and Provisions into the Town that another strong Party of the Turks being sent out towards old Buda had surpris'd several of the Imperial Forragers had taken 500 Horses and all the Baggage of the Count de Schram and that the Bavarians were forc'd to abandon their Mines being all fill'd with water On the 27th of October the Serasquier advanv'd so near the Christian Camp that he beat in their main Guard But the Polish Horse commanded by Prince Lubomirski not only gave a stop to their further Progress but constrain'd 'em to retire with some loss Nevertheless the Besieged encourag'd with their new recruits of Men and Provision the same day made so desperate a Salley with 2000 Men that they forc'd the Imperialists from their Trenches and being conducted by a Renegado who two days before had got into the Town to their Principal Mine they took the Powder out of it ruin'd all their Works on that side and advanc'd to the Besiegers chief Battery but the Forces that guarded the next Post hast'ning to their Releif the Enemy was beaten into the Town again Thereupon at length in consideration of the Season the ill Condition of the Army and for that their Principal Mines and Works were spoil'd both Generals resolv'd in pursuance of the Emperours Orders to raise the Seige To which purpose all the sick and wounded men to the number of 8000 being first sent away with the Baggage and Camp Attendance the great Guns were drawn off from the Batteries and for the defence of the Army in their retreat planted in the Island of St.
being come near the Enemies Camp he put his Men into Order and fell so suddainly upon the Rebells that they had no time to put themselves into a Posture of defence All they could do in so great a confusion was to think how to save themselves so that some flying one way some another the Imperialists were soon Masters of the Enemies Camp all their Artillery consisting of five Peices of Cannon all their Ammunition Tents and Baggage even to the very Coach and Standard of Tekeley He himself was in his Bed and having hardly time to put on his Cloaths fled away with only two or three persons in his Company In his Tent were found his Sable his Papers his wearing Apparel his Plate and Money It is certainly reported that above four thousand were slain or drown'd in the Rivers of Tarza and Secso which they endeavour'd to pass in their flight being closely pursu'd all the way by the Imperial Cavalry Fourteen Standards and other Colors were afterwards sent and presented to the Emperour as the Trophies of this Victory In pursuance of his good Fortune the Victorious General upon the 24th of September sate down before Barfeodt a Town well fortified with a strong Wall with several Towres and Redoubts and a deep Mote wherein was also a Garrison consisting of between three or four Hundred men besides Inhabitants that bore Arms. Who having notice of the General 's March made all the Preparation they could for a stout resistance uncovering their Houses to prevent their being fir'd by the Bombs and Fire-Works of the Assailants removing their Goods into Vaults and Cellars and then casting up several Works within the Town So soon as the General had posted his men he caus'd a large Battery to be rais'd under the shelter of which five or six Hundred chosen men commanded by Collonel Veterani advanc'd to the Mote and making a descent lodg'd themselves with their Ladders under the Wall Which so dismay'd the Inhabitants that they presently dispatch'd out Commissioners to capitulate who being sent back for the extravagancy of their demands Veterani in the interim made the Inhabitants sensible how he was Posted under the Wall and withal told 'em that he had prepar'd such a Mine which would not only blow up the Wall but a good part of the Town Which so terrifyed the credulous Hungarians that they quickly condescended to meaner Articles desiring only the preservation of their Ancient Priviledges as well in Civil as Ecclesiastical Matters The Soldiers were to March out with only their Arms and what they could carry about 'em with liberty to such as would to be entertain'd in the Emperours Service Which Conditions being agreed to the Garrison march'd out and General Schultz took possession of the Town From hence he march'd to the Castle of Muscowitz which he immediately Summon'd but the Governour relying upon the strength of the Place and the number of the Garrison consisting of 400 Men besides a great many Martial Peasants instead of returning an Answer hung out a red Flag Upon which the General forthwith began to raise his Batteries and make his Approaches at the same time throwing into the Town a great number of Granado's and Bombs by which means in a short time he made a descent into the Mote So that the Garrison apprehensive of the danger of a storm from those that proceeded with such a swift and vigorous Resolution after a Seige of fix days surrendred upon Condition During this Seige Captain Molner one of Schultz's Officers meeting with a Party of 300 Rebells under the Command of Subeida Count Teckeley's great favourite who were going to put themselves into the Castle of Maskowitz totally routed their whole Body took Subeida and his Wife Prisoners and besides other good Booty forty Thousand Crowns in ready Money Nor was the Venetian Fleet less active in the Archipelago For on the seventeenth of September they made a descent near to Dragomasto anciently a City of Acarnania call'd Oeniade seated at the mouth of the River Achelous so famous among the Fables of the Pozes Where they were no sooner landed but they were joyn'd by two Thousand and five Hundred of the Greeks desirous of their ancient Liberty and thus embody'd march'd 50 Miles up into the Country wasted the whole Province of Acurnania burnt two great Towns Vragosi and Zapaachi together with a great many small Villages defeated the Sangiac of the Province who endeavour'd with what Forces he could get together to make opposition against 'em and at length with a great Booty and many Pris'ners return'd to their Fleet. But now to return again to the City of Buda the success of which Leaguer all Europe listen'd after with attentive Ears we find the Serasquier Bassa after an attempt to relieve the Town twice repuls'd toward the beginning of October and then when he found himself disappointed retiring back again in hasty disorder with the Duke of Lorrain and twenty Thousand Horse at his heels not daring to make head or look back till he had posted himself under the Cannon of Alba Regalis In the mean time the Elector no less eager in the pursuit of Honour toil'd in preparing all things ready for a general Assault raising Batteries advancing his approaches and opening Mines in a mon ent to demolish the labour of many years While the perverse and half starv'd Enemy as if they had only fed upon the hopes of Releif as restlesly labour'd with continual Salleys to disturb the Progress of his indefatigable Endeavours This was the Pains and Travel of this Month which exercis'd both Parties Upon the Second of November they made a Salley with three Hundred Men but were beaten back again by the Bavarians with the loss of seventy of their Number who were slain upon the Place The next day they appear'd again with between three and four Hundred Horse but perceiving that the Bavarians were drawn up in a Posture ready to receive 'em they presently retreated back The very same day they made another Salley on that side next to old Buda where the German's guarded the Trenches but there they were so warmly welcom'd that they were glad to retreat in great disorder leaving twelve of their number Pris'ners besides what were slain in the skirmish These Pris'ners upon their Examination affirm'd that the Janizaries who got into the Town a little before brought no Provisions along with 'em of which however there was then at that time so great want that a pound of Horse-Flesh was sold for nine Pence On the Fourth of November the Bavarians storm'd the Tower of the Castle which looks toward the Water by others call'd the Great Tower but were not able to make themselves Masters of it though they contended for it several hours together with great slaughter on both sides However afterwards they made a shift with a Battery of six Peices of Cannon to beat down all the Towers of the Castle about the Turks Ears and to lodge
Andrew where the whole Army consisting of about 30000 men pass'd the Danaw the first of November over a Bridge of Boats the Cavalry facing the Enemy while the Foot march'd off Which was perform'd with that wariness and exact Order that they were neither attaqu'd by the Serasquier nor from the Town so that they lost not so much as one map in the Retreat This was the unfortunate Issue of this Summers Seige of Buda which might have well deserv'd the Pen of another Homer to eternize the performances of those great Personages no less famous then his Achilles's or Patroclus's whose valour however could not prevent their being buried in their own Trenches They fought only for the honor of one part of Greece these for the Good of all Christendom strenuously endeavouring to have recover'd by their courage what had been wrested from the Christians formerly and all the while every Salley and Repulse of the Enemy was a Theme for Heroick Invention As for those that surviv'd they continu'd their indefatigable endeavours to level the Fortifications not only of Art but ev'n Nature it self till Nature releiv'd Nature with the Stoppings and Inundations of the Season and Winter prov'd no less favourable to the Turks than the Summer had been to the Christians Yet is not this the first Seige of this Nature rais'd after the loss of men and the laborious toyls of the Besiegers frustrated We read of the famous City of Rhodes that when the Walls were almost levell'd with the Earth and the yawning Breaches gap'd to let in the numerous Enemy the whole Force of the Ottoman Empire daily reinforc'd continually recruited was forc'd to retire with shame and dishonour from the Ruins of their own Batteries But much more Fresh in memory is the late Seige of Vienna it self a much weaker Town then Buda assail'd and storm'd on every side for several Months and yet the haughty Bassa that invested it was at length constrain'd not to rise end march fairly off but to fly from his Leaguer and leave the whole Plunder of his Camp to the Victor It was not so here for tho' the Besiegers were inferior in number to those that came to the releif of the Besieged yet they maintain'd their Posts drew off all their Artillery sent away all their wounded and sick People all their Baggage fac'd the Enemy and march'd off leisurely without disturbance or the loss so much as of one man 'T is therefore true that the Turks themselves may have some reason to be glad nor are they to be blam'd for being glad to find themselves in some measure repaid for their greater and much more ignominious loss before Vienna by releiving so seasonably a Town which has preserv'd 'em the cheifest Trophy of all their former Hungarian Conquests But that there should be a sort of Turkish Christians that shewed themselves so pensive as they did when the Town was near losing and now share with the Turks in the Mirth of their Triumph cannot otherwise be thought than very strange It is said of Solyman who first took Buda from the Hungarians that with tears in his Eyes he bewail'd the slaughter which his Sword had made and the untimely end to which he had reduc'd the unfortunate Lodowic the Second but these people are sorry that the Christians were not all Buried under the Walls of Buda and because the Turk could not do it in performance please themselves with pursuing and destroying the retreating Besiegers in their discourse and reports But then again when we consider that all this is for Count Tekelie's sake upon whom they look as the great Champion of Hungarian Liberty and Property and Freedom of Conscience as they call it 't is not so much to be admir'd that their Interests are so twisted with his and that their simpathy extends so many German Miles to condole or congratulate the losses or successes of the Turk his Protector But this it is not to understand the depth of true Protestant Interest otherwise what greater wonder in the world then that Julius the Head of the Papists should be condemn'd for calling in the Turks to his assistance when it shall be lawful at the same time for these sublimated Protestants to repine at the successes of their follow Christians and rejoice at the prosperity of Infidels But the Turks were so kind as to relieve the distressed Pope besieg'd in Bologna and now have rais'd the drooping Spirits of these Protestant Mussel-men by the relief of Buda 'T was pity Count Tekelie their ador'd friend was so shamefully surpriz'd that their joy might have been compleat However we have still this advantage over 'em that they are glad the Seige is rais'd and we are much more glad 't was rais'd without the loss of Men or Reputation Which the Turks could not say when chas'd and scattet'd from Vienna FINIS
Horse and understanding that a great Convoy consisting of four hundred Wagons laden with Provision drawn every one by four Oxen under the guard of four thousand Turks had pass'd the Bridge of Esseck and were marching for Alba Regalis plac'd a convenient Ambuscade in their way which at the first discharge kill'd above fifty of the Enemy and put the rest to flight Yet were they not so totally routed but that they ralli'd again in hopes to recover the Waggons which they had so cowardly abandon'd and fell upon his rear But it was then too late for they that were scar'd before not being able to endure a second charge were soon constrain'd to shift for their lives while Heuster return'd to the Leaguer with all his booty which prov'd a seasonable supply for the Army These were the most remarkable passages that happen'd before the Conjunction of the Bavarian Forces which about the middle of September was happily notifi'd to most parts of Europe for upon the twenty eighth of August the Elector of Bavaria arriv'd at Vienna by water where he was first complemented by the Deputies of the Austrian Nobility and then met by the Emperour himself who carry'd him in his Coach to the Palace being saluted all the way by a treble discharge of all the great Guns of the City On the third of September he departed from Vienna and the next day arriv'd at Presburgh with his Infantry and train of Artillery The 5th he parted from thence for Gran where after he had randevouz'd all his Horse and Foot he march'd in a body to Buda and arriv'd there about the 9 or 10th of the same Month. On which day was observ'd at Vienna the Anniversary of the Cities deliverance by the victorious Arms of the Emperour the King of Poland and those other Princes of the Empire There was a general Procession of all the Clergy as well Secular as Regular at which the Emperour assisted on Foot with the Nobility and the Officers of all the Soveraign Courts in their Robes which being once over all the Guns about the Town were thrice discharg'd So soon as the Elector arriv'd at the Leaguer with all his Forces the Imperial Army upon a Muster appear'd to be 20000 Horse and 10000 Foot besides the Bavarian Succours which were about sixteen thousand and the recruits daily expected from Suabia and Bohemiah And now the Duke of Lorrain as if the recruit of his Army had recruited his health pursu'd the chase of victory with his accustom'd vigor His Soldiers also laboured in their approaches with renew'd courage while the Bavarians undertook that part of the Town that lay next the water from whence they soon depriv'd the besieged of enjoying their late Conveniencies For now upon a general Muster the whole Army appear'd to consist of twenty thousand Horse and about six and twenty thousand Foot reckoning in the Bavarian succours which together with the recruits expected out of Suabia and other Parts were deem'd sufficient to fight the Serasquier and maintain the Seige at the same time For now the intelligence grew hotter then before that the Bassa had receiv'd positive orders to raise the Seige at the hazard of his life Of this Lesley gave speedy notice both to the Emperour at Vienna and to the Camp before Buda Who keeping his Post at the Bridge of Turanowath with a reinforcement of three thousand Croatians could not be forc'd from his Morasses but still watch'd the motion of the Enemy The Serasquier therefore resolv'd to leave him and march directly for the relief of the distress'd Town However he could not decamp so secretly but that the Country People gave Lesley intelligence of his march who tho he thought it not convenient to stir from his Post yet sent a Party after him and finding that he was upon his march toward the Bridge of Esseck dispatch'd away his Adjutant General Miglio to give notice of his design But notwithstanding the severity of his receiv'd orders and that he was advanc'd some part of his way when he understood that the Bavarian succours were arriv'd and that the convoy sent to Alba Regalis was surpriz'd and taken by the Imperialists he put a stop to his march and as it was reported was resolv'd to have repass'd the Bridg of Esseck as one that dispair'd to accomplish the relief of the Town And it is thought he would have made no farther attempt had not fresh Commands and repeated Menacies constrain'd him to proceed In the mean time the Bavarians briskly carried on their two new attacks toward the Water-gate which they were inform'd by a Gunner taken Pris'ner since the War and escap'd a little before was the weakest side of the Town and where in a short time they had compleated three Batteries while the Imperialists with no less industry carry'd on the other attaques in order to a general Assault And so great were their hopes to carry the Town by storm that upon the 22d of September the Duke of Bavaria sent a Corporal with a Turkish Pris'ner into the Town with Letters to the Bassa in Command to let him know that his Highness gave him an Accompt of his arrival before the Town from whence he was resolv'd not to stir till he had reduc'd the place under the obedience of the Emperour and withal admonishing him not to let things come to extremity But such was the resolution of the Bassa that after he had assembl'd the Principal Officers of the Garrison he sent for the Corporal and when he had read the Letters in their hearing addressing himself to the Christian Officers made answer That he thank'd his Highness for the Accompt he gave him that he had beheld the Arrival of his Forces and that he understood very well the Rules and extremities of War as having been a Souldier for many years however that he wou'd not surrender the place so long as he had men and Ammunition to defend it and provisions to subsist Which said he gave the Corporal twelve Ducats and sent him back to the Elector But as this was no more then was expected so both Imperialists and Bavarians omitted nothing either of Art or Industry to carry on their approaches wherein the Bavarians were so successful that with a mine which they sprung they made a considerable breach in the Wall notwithstanding the frequent Sallies of the Turks and the great number of Granado's and Artificial Fires which they flung into the Trenches of the Christians which did very little or no harm in regard that the besiegers secur'd themselves with Gabions and packs of Wool Whilst thus the one side laboured in assurance of being speedy Masters of the place and the other as stoutly defended the Town in hopes of releif the Imperial Camp was warmly alarum'd with the approach of the Serasquier who was said to be advanc'd with a Body of five and twenty Thousand Horse without Cannon or Infantry as far as Alba Regalis formerly the place of the
Coronation and enterment of the Hungarian Kings two and forty Miles distant from Buda Thereupon the Duke of Lorrain leaving the Elector to manage the Seige set forward upon the 16th of September with a Body of twenty Thousand Horse and Dragoons to meet and fight him by the way But when both sides came in view of each other the Duke found the Bassa so strongly entrench'd with the River Sarwitz before him that he did not think fit to attaque him at so much disadvantage The wary Turk also kept close within his Trenches unwilling to hazard a battel so far from the Place which he was to releive So that after a short stay the Duke of Lorrain thought it more convenient to return to the Seige leaving the Prince of Baden with ten thousand Horse to observe the Enemies motion upon his return to the Leaguer a Council of War was call'd where it was resolv'd by the Imperialists to expect the Enemy in their Camp to which purpose the Elector and Duke attended by all the General Officers visited all the Quarters and Lines of Circumvallation as well as the Trenches and Posts toward the Town and every where gave necessary Orders On the other side the Serasquier observing the retreat of the Duke came boldly on and upon the 22th of September attack'd the Christian Camp with great fury in two places endeavouring to break in upon the Imperialists and to force his way to the Town but he met with so stout and undaunted a resistance that after a sharp and obstinate fight for several hours wherein many were slain on both sides he was forc'd to retire in much disorder and to leave two of his Standards behind him In the mean time the besieged made a desperate Salley with fifteen Hundred men as well Horse as Foot and fell upon the Guards of the Trenches with so much resolution that the Besiegers were forc'd to give ground upon which the encourag'd Turks advanc'd ruin'd several of the Besiegers Works and one of their principal Batteries nailing the Cannon that was mounted upon it with the loss of three hundred of the Christians but then certain Squadrons of Horse speeding to their assistance the Turks were again beaten back to the very Gates of the Town with the slaughter of above two Hundred men The Serasquier also retreated that Night about two Miles from the Leaguer but the next morning he made another attempt though not with that Vigour as the day before and seem'd by the event to be more out of design then that he thought to do any good For while the Imperialists were engag'd five Hundred Janizaries wading through a Morass which was lookt upon to be impassable up to the Arms in Water and Mud got into the Town yet not with that good luck but that they left some of their Company sticking in the Mire who became the Sport of the Musketeers These two attacks seconded by a Salley and three brave Repulses cost the lives of many valiant Men. However the Serasquier hoping he had done enough to save his Neck by putting five hundred men into the Town was glad he was got off so making all the hast he could from his unwelcome entertainment being pursu'd by the Duke of Lorrain till he had secur'd himself under the Guns of Alba Regalis Thus September drew toward an end a Month no less remarkable for other notable atcheivements perform'd against the Turks to their considerable dammage which as they very much weaken'd the Ottoman force so they greatly impeded the Releif of Buda For on the one side the Morlakes in Dalmatia toward the beginning of this Month made an incursion into the Turkish Territories not far from Clissa and after they had burnt several Villages brought away a considerable number of Prisoners In their return they met with eight Hundred Turkish Horse marching toward Clissa which they utterly defeated killing two Hundred upon the Place and taking all their Baggage Nor was this all for being reinforc'd with a recruit of six Thousand men they posted themselves near Clissa in order to their Conjunction with General Mocenigo who was resolv'd to attack that place being a neat City with a strong fortified Castle Much about the same time another Party of Morlakes and Heydukes being joyn'd with the Banditi sent by the Viceroy of Naples to serve the Venctian in Dalmatia defeated another considerable Body of Turks that were drawn together in the vicinity of Spatetro to hinder their incursions slew between two and three hundred upon the Place took several Pris'ners and brought away a considerable Booty of seven hundred Head of Cattle At a farther distance the King of Poland toward the latter end of August invested the strong Castle of Jaslowits not far from Caminiec and summon'd the Governour to surrender who at first according to the haughty manner of the Turks return'd q fierce answer That he had Powder and Bullet sufficient to defend the Place and would therefore maintain it to the last extremity but no sooner did the Polish Batteries begin to play and the Bombs and Caresses to fly about his Ears but suddain Terrour seiz'd the besieged in such a manner that they desir'd a Parley which soon ended in a Composition in pursuance of which the Turks march'd out the third day after the Seige to the number of 500 fighting men at what time several of the Turkish Officers besought the King for his Protection and that they might have liberty to remain within the Polish Territories being unwilling to return home for fear of being question'd at their return for their Cowardice Which success was attended by another of no less importance for much about the same time the Treasurer of the Crown of Poland wrested a compleat Victory from the Waywod of Walachia to the destruction not only of his own Forces but the Turkish Auxiliaries that were joyn'd with him who together with their lives lost also their Camp and all their Baggage Successes so much the more considerable because they kept the Turks upon their Guard in those Parts from whence the Serasquier expected his chiefest Reinforcements In the Upper Hungary General Schultz who commanded the Emperour's Forces in those Parts having notice that Count Tekeley had put an 150 Men with two Peices of Canon into Zeben a small Place bordering upon the Mountains not far from Esperies hasten'd thither took the Place and put all the Garrison to the Sword in revenge of what Tekeley had done before upon his taking a small Garrison from the Imperialists Zeben thus recover'd General Schultz sent several spies into Count Tekeley's Army by whom being duly inform'd of the number of his Men and the Situation of his Camp he resolv'd to give him a visit Accordingly leaving the lumber of his Baggage at Zeben upon the seventeenth of September about five in the Evening he advanc'd with all his Cavalry and part of his Infantry which the Horsemen carry'd behind ' em About three in the morning