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overturned every thing that flood in their way. They ne¬ 
ver perceived their enemies nor were perceived by them, 
till the muzzles of their mufkets were at the breafts of the 
Turks, who were utterly unprepared ; fo that every dif- 
charge did prodigious execution, and, before the remain¬ 
ing Turks could fire, they had either bayonets at their 
breafts or were fhot dead on the fpot. No German foldier 
moved a ftep before his companion in the centre, which 
fecured them from the mifchief which had happened in 
the left, and which put it out of the power of the Turks 
to make even a tolerable refiftance. Multitudes were at 
work in the trenches when the fight began, and as they 
endeavoured to get out the Imperialifts cut them down. 
In a word, the flaughter was great, and the confufion ftill 
greater. 
The cavalry on the right as well as on the left were not 
fo fuccefsful: the ground before them was every where 
cut through with trenches, the fog made it fo dark they 
could fcarcely perceive them, and, while ihefe obftacles 
obliged them to advance but flowly, the Turkifh artillery 
galled them very much. Thefe however were not theon- 
ly misfortunes they met with : the Turks, pufiling out of 
tireir camp, ran by chance into the void fpace in the cen¬ 
ter, and thereby cut oft' the right wing from the reft of the 
army, and fell on the flanks of both. About this time the 
fog fuddenly cleared up, and the air became perfectly fe- 
rene ; this proved the ruin of the Turks. The fecond 
line advanced upon thofe who had puftied through the 
firft, routed them, drove them back to their intrench- 
ments, and filled up the void at once. 
The Imperial army, perceiving the advantages they had 
gained in the dark, prepared now to advance forward, and 
lform the enemy’s works. The right wing poflefled itfelf 
inftantly of the batteries which had been playing upon 
them all the morning, and, without moving farther, turn¬ 
ed the cannon on the infidels, and fcoured the intrench- 
ments, which immediately after they carried fword in hand. 
The troops on the left endeavoured to do as much, but 
they were not able; the enemy were ftrong on that fide, 
and thofe who fled from the right increafed their numbers 
to fuch a degree that they charged the Imperialifts with 
prodigious weight. The Germans fuftained this fhock, 
though with, great lofs, without retreating a yard; and, 
notwithftanding they were enfeebled, advanced on the 
Turks when they found the fury of their attack abate. 
They then puftied them from trench to trench, till on a 
hidden they found the battle was to begin again. Behind 
thofe troops there was a battery of eighteen pieces of hea¬ 
vy cannon : the Germans cried out, that they would make 
themfelves mafters of it ; but advancing nearer there ap¬ 
peared 20,000 foot and 10,000 fpahis in excellent order. 
The Imperialifts were conftrained to halt, in order to form 
and to draw breath, the cannon playing upon them all the 
time. After fome minutes they advanced again, the in¬ 
fantry with their mufkets on their fhoulders, the horfe 
fword in hand. The janizaries behaved at firft very well, 
but, when they faw the Germans throw themfelves all at 
once on the battery, and creep through the embrafures, 
they were ftruck with a panic ; the cavalry in the mean 
rime trod down the fpahis, and, by the weight of their hor- 
tes, carried all before them. This bufinefs was bloody, 
but it ended entirely in favour of the Imperialifts. The 
entrenchments were now forced, and the troops were much 
fatigued, vet there feemed to be but little done. The 
Turks raffled, and, to the number of 100,000, were form¬ 
ing in the plain, and there feemed to be noreafon to quef- 
tion that a new engagement would enfue. The Imperial- 
ills prepared for it, the horfe and foot repaired to their 
polls, and began to move in battalia towards the Turks, 
who remained firm and in good order in the plain. When 
they arrived within mufket-Ihot, the janizaries threw down 
their arms and ran away ; the reft of the troops foon fol¬ 
lowed their example, leaving their ftandards, tents, artil¬ 
lery, and baggage, all behind them. The Imperialifts 
purlued them with great flaughter, and now thought the 
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bufinefs over, when a body of fpahis and Tartars took it 
in their heads to fall upon three regiments of horfe and 
dragoons, which put them into diforder : they were pre- 
fently fuftained by the fire of the intrenchments; and two 
regiments of dragoons advancing to flank the Turks, they 
made a quick retreat. This happened about ten in the 
morning, and was the laft feene of this important aiftion ; 
for the Turks, when once out of fight of the field of bat¬ 
tle, thought of nothing but getting away as faft as they 
could. The Germans had now leifure to furvey their 
camp, which looked like a large city well furniflied with 
provifions, and crowded with ammunition; all the tents 
were new, as were likewife their waggons and equipage, 
and even their artillery. As to the number of their dead, 
3000 were flainin the purfuit, and upwards of 10,000 on 
the field of battle; about 5000 were wounded, and near 
the fame number taken prifoners. The Imperialifts Jiad 
near 3000 killed, and about 4500 wounded, many of whom 
died loon after the battle. The next day prince Eugene 
fummoned the bafhaw governor of Belgrade to furrender, 
threatening him with no quarter in cafe of refufal, on which 
the garrifon mutinied and obliged him to fiibmit, but much 
againft his inclination, as the place was ftill in a tolerable 
ftate or defence, and, as he thought, tenable againft all 
the efforts of the enemy. He obtained honourable terms: 
the garrifon was conduced to Nizza, and the prince en¬ 
tered the town after having belieged it upwards of two 
mouths. A peace foon followed; but, in 1738, the war 
broke out again ; and in Auguft, 1739, t ^ ie Ottoman army 
laid fiege to Belgrade, but without fuccefs. A peace was 
concluded the fame year between the Auftrians and the 
Turks, by the mediation of the French ; at whofe requeft, 
or rather diredfion, Belgrade was yielded to the Turks; 
but its fine fortifications were then entirely demolifhed in 
purfuance of that treaty. It is 130 miles fbuth-fouth-eaft 
of Buda, and 440 north-weft of Conftantinople. Lat. 45. 
3.N. Ion. 37.55. E. Ferro. 
BE'LIA, anciently a town of hither Spain: now Bel- 
chite, in the kingdom of Arragon. 
BELl'AL, [bji’bn Heb. of without, SjJ* he profited ; 
of no profit.] A wicked worthlefs man, one who is refol- 
ved to endure no fubjeflion. Thus the inhabitants of Gi- 
beah, who abufed the Levite’s wife, (Judges, xix. 22.) 
have the name of Belial given them. Hoplmi and Phi- 
neas, the high pried Eli’s fons, are likewife called fons of 
Belial (1 Sam.ii. 12.) upon account of the feveral crimes 
they had committed, and the unbecoming manner in which 
they behaved themfelves in the temple of the Lord. Some¬ 
times the name Belial is taken to denote the devil. Thus 
St. Paid fays, (2 Cor. vi. 15.) “ What concord hath Chrift 
with Belial ?” Whence it appears, that in his time the 
Jews, under the name of Belial, commonly underftood the 
devil in the places where this term occurs in the Old Tef- 
tament. 
BELICE'NA, a town of Spain, in the country of Gre¬ 
nada, eleven leagues from Grenada. 
BELI'CI, a river of Sicily, which empties itfelf into 
the fea near Bigini, in the Val de Mazara. 
BEL'IDES, in fabulous hiftory, the fifty daughters of 
Danaus, otherwife called the Danaides. They were call¬ 
ed Belides from Belus, whofe grand-daughters they were. 
They married the fifty fons of /Egyptus, but were direiSI- 
ed by their father to murder their hulbands on their wed¬ 
ding-night, to which all, except Hypermneftra, confented. 
For this crime they were condemned inhell to draw water 
out of a well, and fill a tub which was full of holes. 
BEL 1 D 0 R' (Bernard Foreft de), an engineer in the fer- 
vice of France, but born in Catalonia in 1698. He was 
profeflor in the new fchool of artillery at la Fere, where 
he publiflied his courle of mathematics for the ufe ol the 
artillery and engineers. He was the firft who ferioufly con- 
fidered the quantity of gunpowder proper- for charges, and. 
reduced it to two-thirds of the quantity. He was named 
allociate in the Academy of Sciences in 1751, and died 
Septembers, 1761, at fixty-three yearsof age. Hisworks 
are: 
