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and Officers ; the Elector of Bavaria, sub-king* of the Emperor^ 

 with 13,000 men ; the Duke of Saxony with 12,000 men ; and the 

 Duke de Waldek and other princes with 16^000 men. These 

 allies having assembled at the palace of the Emperor, accom- 

 panied the General .who hal entrenched himself there, to the 

 head quarters of the King of Poland, and having conferred 

 with him. as to how they could check #ie arrogance of the enemy,, 

 proceeded to attack him in this wise : — The Elector of Bavaria, 

 the Duke of Saxony, and the Duke de Waldek, with their res- 

 pective forces led the van ; the King of Poland, with his troops 

 and chieftains, took the right, and the Duke of Lothringia, who 

 was at the Emperor's palace, and his army, took the left wing, 

 and attacked the Turkish Army with such fury, that the King of 

 Poland who had thrown himself on the enemy's centref* cut 

 him down as if he were slicing yams.J The- Turkish Army 

 thus thrown into disorder was nearly annihilated, while the 

 remainder took to flight, and Vienna has been saved. The 

 Turks who fell round the city, in the camp, and in the pursuit, 

 amount to 300,000. The whole camp, including a magni- 

 ficent tent, belonging to the Grand Vizier, many engraved arti- 

 cles of gold and silver, money to the value of two millions, much, 



* " Sobieski: had been unable to assemble his troops before the end of 

 August ; and even then, they only amounted to 20,000 men, but he was 

 joined by the Duke of Lorraine and some of the German commanders, who 

 were at the head of a, considerable army, and the Polish King crossed the 

 Danube at Tulm, above Vienna^ with, about 70,000 men." — Creasy,. 1. c. p. 57. 



f " Sobieski led on bis best troops in person in a direct line for the 

 Ottoman centre, where the Vizier's tent was conspicuous ; and the terrible 

 presence of the victor ofKhoczim was soon recognized.. ***** The 

 mass of the Ottoman Army broke and fled in hopeless rout, hurrying Kara, 

 Mustapha with them from the field. The Janissaries, who had been left in 

 the trenches before the city, wore now attacked, both by the garrison and the 

 Poles, and were cut to pieces. The camp, the whole artillery, and the miUtary 

 stores of the Ottomans became the spoil of the conquerors; and never was 

 there a victory more complete, or signalized by more splendid trophies."— 

 Creasy, I. e. p. 60. 



% A purely Oriental simile, resorted to perhaps under the difficulty of better 

 illustrating the figure employed in the Dutch original. 



