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The Grand Vizier of Turke}* having 1 in conjunction with 

 his Bashaws, Generals and Officers, collected an army of 35S,190 

 men from among the Turks, Tartars, Janissaiies and other tribu- 

 te vy states, and entered the county of Allemagneon the 7 th 

 day of Esele (July), and having laid siege to the city of Vienna 

 where the Emperor was residing, displayed his strength cease- 

 lessly for sixty-two days,f by bombarding the works, and 

 making assaults on the city, which he shelled with four large 

 cannon and other smaller guns, besides distressing the city in 

 various ways by springing several mines under the ramparts, 

 and breaching the walls. Finally by placing scaling ladders he 

 attempted to enter the city at midnight. During this siege 

 nearly half of the p Dpulation, which consisted of 60,000, composed 

 of the gai^ison of 14,000 and resident population of 46,000, had 

 either fled, or peiished from starvation, and there would not 

 have been provision enough for the sustenance of the garrison 

 alone, had the siege been pro fv acted for 120 hours more. But 

 the place was saved by the interposition of a miracle. 



The Emperor^ who was residing out of the city, having con- 

 sidered it impolitic to remain there, enti asted the palace and his 

 army of 40 ,000 men to the Duke of Lothringia§ and proceeded 

 himself to the town of Lintz, when for the purpose of aiding 

 the Emperor, the King of Poland, distinguished for his mili- 

 tary prowess, came with a body of 60,000, men including Generals 



* Kara Mustaplia. 



f The second siege of Vienna lasted from the 15th of July to the 12th of 

 Sept. 1683, during which the most devoted heroism was displayed hy the garri- 

 son and the inhabitants. The numerous artillery of the Turks shattered the walls 

 and bastions, and the indefatigable labors of the miners were still more effective. 

 The garrison was gradually wasted by the numerous assaults which it was 

 called on to repulse, and in the frequent sorties, by which the Austrian Com- 

 ma der sought to impede the progress of the besiegers. — Crease's HisL of the 

 Ottom.m Turks, vol. II. page 57, 

 % Ls upold of G! ei m any. 

 fj Friaee Charles of Lorraine, 



