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A. D. foot, who were placed on the rifing of a hill, oppofite to the 1691. main intrenchment of the Turks, which was fortified with eighty pieces of cannon: alfo to charge the enemy's horfe drawn up below the hill in the plain, with intent, after having overthrown them, to force through the camp, to that part where the enemy was less fortified.

brifkly attacked.

Their camp forced.

Are quite

over

thrown.

IT feems the right wing, happening to be fomewhat too forward, began the engagement before the left, hindered by the high grass and bushes, could come up. But, being arrived at the very intrenchments of the enemy, the Janizaries. fired on them fo furiously from their breast-work, that the regiment of Souches was forced to give way, till the foot joined them. And now both cavalry and infantry, advancing to the very brink of the trenches, the latter made feveral attacks on them; and, though fometimes repulfed, yet, being relieved and directed by the brave dukes of Holftein and Aremberg, they continued the fight from three in the afternoon till night. In this time, all the fuperior officers of the infantry were killed, excepting count Guido of Staremberg, and prince Charles of Vaudemont, who yet were both wounded.

MEAN time the enemy, attacking their left wing, and flanking it, were bravely repulfed by Caftelli and Hoffkerchen: but the Turks, rallying all their horfe into a body, fell on with greater fury, and charged the brigade of general Sarau, which belonged to the right wing, and cut down two battalions; while thofe of Offing, Beck, with the old regiments of Staremberg and Brandenburg, fuffered very much. So that till fix o'clock fortune favoured the Turks; at which time things were in fuch a defperate condition, that the generals began to defpair of faving one man; for there was no place of retreat for them. However, animated by their danger, the imperialists began to redouble their endeavours: but were ready to turn their backs, when thofe, who kept the baggage, and remained for reserves, advanced to their relief. At the fame time, the main body of the army, under the Brandenburg general Burfu and Brandt, coming up seasonably to fuccour count Sarau, he rallied again, and defended his post till an hour before night: when the brigades of Hoffkirchen and Caftelli, with the right wing commanded by prince Lewis, advanced towards that fide of the enemy which was not intrenched; and at laft, forcing their camp, drove them from the rifing grounds, where they had planted their cannon.

As foon as this was obferved by the Hungarians and Rafcians, who now wanted to efcape, they refumed courage, and came thundering-on; cutting-down all before them in the camp, which opened a way for the right wing to ad

vance fo that the Turks, being thus hemmed-in, and attacked on all fides, in a narrow ground between their trenches and the Danube, they were defeated, and began to fly. The horfe, for the most part, efcaped by the opening made for the right wing: but the infantry continued to defend themfelves fo refolutely in their trenches, that, although the field was yielded to the imperialifts, yet they received here their greatest lofs; for this action cost the life of the duke of Holftein, fergeant-general, with a deluge of blood, to fubdue the already conquered enemy. The remainder of the Turkif cavalry, among whom was the prince Wazir himfelf, were forced to break their way through the narrow spaces between the lines; in which attempt many were flain, drowned, or mortally wounded. Among these last were the prime Wazir, Serafkier, and Aga of the Janizaries; who all died of their wounds at Belgrade (K).

A. D.

1691.

BESIDES thefe, and many more principal officers, the Their lofs Turks were computed to have loft, at leaft, twenty-five thou- great. fand men (10,000 of them Fanizaries), to three thoufand one hundred and fixty-one of the imperialifts; among whom were many officers of note: and their wounded amounted to four thousand one hundred and thirty-fix. Here the prince of Baden, to fay nothing of the other generals, got immortal honour; and the booty was very great: for, beside one hundred and fifty-four pieces of cannon, there were a great number of enfigns, with the grand Wazir's standard; ten thoufand tents; ten waggon-loads of copper-money in the Wazîr's tent; fifty-four trunks in that of the treasurer, twelve in filver; and twenty-four chefts of Kaftans, or vefts.

THE news of this great defeat coming to the Soltán at Adrianople, he made Ali, Pafbâ of Scio, and Kyehaya to Kyoprili, grand Wazir in his room, and sent him to Belgrade. Thither Sir William Huffey, and Mr. Collier, defigned to accompany him to mediate a peace. But Sir William dying on the 14th of September, an end was put to the treaty; and the French ambaffador encouraging the Turks by a powerful invafion in Germany, a continuance of the war was refolved on: notwithstanding the great distress which the Othmân empire was in, for want of men, money, and bread.

MEAN time, a confequence of the battle of Salankemen, Other adbefides the taking of Lippa by Veterani, was the desertion of vantages.

(K) The Turks fay, he died in the field of battle, not flying, but in poffeffion of the victory. Which party is to be believed?

The Turks perhaps in the first
article, the Germans in the fe-
cond.

Brodt,

B. XV. A. D. Brodt, in Sclavonia, by the Turks; who were defeated like1691. wife in several small rencounters: but the prince of Baden's

main defign was upon turning the blockade of Great Waradin into a formal fiege, which he did in October. However, although the Turks, to avoid a ftorm, deferted the city, and half the fortress was destroyed by a bomb falling into their magazine of powder; yet winter coming-on, and the befieged refolutely holding-out, he was obliged to turn the fiege again into a blockade, after building a fort which comAffairs of manded the fortrefs.

the Arabs,

of the Poles,

and Venetians.

IN the beginning of the year 1692, two Arab Amîrs, infefting the country about Damaskus, ftopped the karawâns going to Mekka, till they paid Kafar, or custom, and the arrears due to them from the Soltân, on account of the pilgrims, were discharged. In February, a Perfian ambaffador arrived at Adrianople, with three hundred thirty-eight perfons in his retinue, and fixty camels laden with presents for the Soltan. He was lodged in a magnificent palace, and had his kitchen furniture all of filver. He came to congratulate the Soltan on his acceffion to the throne; and made the longer stay under pretence of renewing the ancient leagues, in order to pry into the weak condition of the Turks: who, to conceal their diftreffes from him, wanted him to be gone. About the fame time Tekeli arrived at court, where, at the folicitation of Chateau Neuf, the French ambaffador, he had great honours done him by the Wazir; after which he returned to Hungary b.

DURING the tranfactions at the Save, the Poles, in the laft month of this year, pafs the Tyras (or Niefter), and make an expedition into Baffarabia: but, being preffed with want of provifions, they, on report of the Serafkier, Buyukli Mostafa Pafba's approach, return home without doing any thing remarkable.

MEAN time the war, between the Venetians and Turks, is carried on by artifice rather than arms: for the latter became mafters of Garbufa, an almoft impregnable caftle in Kandia, by the treachery of a Spanish officer (L). They attempt the fame at Suda and Spina longa; but the Venetians, more watchful of those fortreffes, discover their defign, and put the confpirators to death.

RICAUT, in Achmet.

(L) Named Aloyfius, to be revenged on the governor of Gar

bufa, who, as he faid, had ra vifhed his wife.-Cant.

IN

Wicked

Wazîr.

In the interim, Arabâji Ali Pasbâ (M), Kaymaykam of Con- A. D. ftantinople (a man inferior to many in abilities, but to none in 1691. wickednefs) being made Wazir by Soltan Ahmed, in the room of Kyoprili Ogli, he revives the talk of and lends a fapeace, vourable ear to the ambassadors of Chriftian princes; especially Paget (N), the English, and Collier (O), the Dutch, who were fent for that purpose to the Porte. But, being informed by Mauro Kordatus, that Germany was fo exhausted of men and money, that, very probably, the emperor could not fupport the war above a year or two longer; he immediately cuts-off all hopes of peace (P), and applies himself wholly to renew the war: pursuing fuch measures as might at once fupply the exigencies of the treasury, and remove out of the way men of fuperior abilities to his own. Accordingly, he puts to death many eminent perfons of the firft rank, under various pretences, and confifcates their eftates. Not content with this, he orders even the Janizaries, and common foldiers, diftinguished for their bravery, to be thrown, privately by night, into the fea; that no perfon might be left alive, who should be esteemed more worthy of the Wazirfbip than himself.

THIS cruelty being frequently complained of to the court, Peace laid and those perfons, whofe lives were fpared by accident, or afide.

(M) Arabaji fignifies a waggon maker or waggon-driver; a furname given him either as having been fuch, or because of his ftupidity. Cant.

(N) He was of a noble family,very learned, and well skilled in the Greek and Turkish languages, befides other sciences. Was very prudent, and perfectly understood the way of obtaining any thing from the Turks, among whom he left a very good name. Cant. This was ford Paget.

(O) Born at Smyrna, where his father was conful; and, hav. ing in his youth, learned the functions of an ambassador, as well as the Greek and Turkish, he was reckoned the wisest and moft civil of all the ambaffadors among the Turks. As he alfo freely entertained the cour

tiers, greedy of wine, he got
out of them all the Wazir's fe-
crets. -Cant.

(P) Ricaut fays, it was looked
on as injurious to the Othman
empire, as being propofed on
the foot of uti poffidetis; for
thus, Tranfylvania was to re-
main to the emperor, and Te
keli to be delivered-up. Ragu-
fa to pay tribute no longer to
the Porte, and to be difcharged
from its arrears. Poland requir
ed the furrender of Kaminiek,
Podolia, the Caftelli on the Bo-
ryfthenes (or Nieper), Moldavia,
and Walakhia: alfo, that the
Porte fhould make good all fu-
ture damages by the Tatars.
The Venetians required Liva-
dia, Athens, and Thebes, in lieu
of the Morea, and other territo-
ries towards Lepanto and Dal

matia.

Arabaji's

A. D. Arabaji's ignorance, representing to the Soltân, that, by 1691. this means, all the defenders of the Othman empire would be destroyed (Q), Ahmed, at laft, after fix months, removes him from his post; and, having stripped him of his wealth unjustly acquired, advances Tarpofchi Ali Pasbâ (R), governor of Damafkus in his room.

Waradin

THE new Wazîr concerted measures for fettling a peace: but the ambassadors, who had been four years at Vienna, returning home; and, being bribed, 'tis faid, by the French ambaffador, excite the Turks to continue the war, reprefenting, that Germany was exhausted of its strength; that the emperor, being one hundred millions in debt, could not raise fupplies; and that both Hungary and Germany were afflicted with a dearth which reprefentations were not fo false as agreeable to the Porte.

THE Wazir therefore, laying afide all pacifick measures, furrenders applies himself to renew the war: but, because the number of Janizaries was extremely leffened by the German sword, and Arabaji's cruelty, while the foldiers, terrified by the late defeat, could not be affembled with expedition, he fends the Serafkier, with what forces were ready, towards Hungary with orders to defend the borders, relieve the Turkish cities, and avoid a battle with the Germans. He indeed kept the imperial troops from approaching the Save; for, being weak, they were not defirous of an engagement: but could not Hej. 1103. hinder Heufler, lately fet at liberty, from obliging Waradin, A. D. blocked-up the year before, to furrender for want of provi1692. fions, on the 21ft of Ramazân 1103 (May 25th 1692). HEUSLER, before the Turks got into the field, drew together all the forces he could, in order to reduce the place by fiege. To this end, in May 692, he raifed two bulwarks oppofite those of the enemy, called Rungar and Kapudan; he caufed a bridge alfo to be laid from the Palanka of Olofchi to the old city, notwithstanding the fallies of the Turks: fo that by the 7th, the imperialists had furrounded the city, and lodged themselves in the ditch. After this, the bombs and cannon played furiously on both fides, till the

to general

Heufler.

CANT. Othm. Hift. p. 383, & feqq.

(Q) Ricant takes notice of the cruelty, as well as inexperience, of this choleric old Wazir; and fays, he was banifhed, after being ordered to be ftrangled, by the Saltán, for

applying to him to turn-out the Kaymaykam of Adrianople.

(R) Tarpus is a fort of cap worn by the Turkish women, of which this Wazir feems to have been a maker in his youth. Cant.

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