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<HEAD>A perfect Relation of the mo&s;t Glorious and Entire Victo|ry obtain'd by the <HI>Chri&s;tian Army</HI> (under the Conduct of the D's of <HI>Lorain</HI> and <HI>Bavaria</HI>) over the whole <HI>Turki&s;h</HI> Forces, near <HI>Darda,</HI> taking all their Bag|gage and Cannon.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Brought by Expre&s;s to his Excellency the <HI>Spani&s;h Em|ba&s;&s;ador,</HI> <DATE>Augu&s;t the 20th. 1687.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>YE&s;terday Morning arrived a <HI>Flanders</HI> Mail, which brought no fre&s;h|er Letters than the <HI>11th</HI> from <HI>Vienna,</HI> there having been that Morning an extraordinary Courier arriv'd from the <HI>Imperial Camp,</HI> with Advice that the Duke of <HI>Lorain</HI> was marched from <HI>Mohatz</HI> towards <HI>Darda,</HI> with full Re&s;olution, (con&s;idering how important it was to the pre&s;ent conjuncture of Affairs,) by &s;ome &s;tratagem or other, to ob|lige the <HI>Prime-Vizier</HI> to a Battle: The &s;aid Courier reports, that being a League on his way, early in the Morning, he heard the Di&s;charge of a great many Cannon, and continued Vollies of Musquets, which gave &s;ub|ject to believe, that the Armies began then to engage. The Gentle|men of Hor&s;e of the Marque&s;s <HI>Cactanaga</HI> Governour of the <HI>Spani&s;h Nether|lands,</HI> arriv'd at the &s;ame time here being &s;ent expre&s;s to <HI>Don Pedro de Ronquilio,</HI> the <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> Emba&s;&s;ador, to impart to him the Glorious Victo|ry the Chri&s;tian Army has obtain'd over the whole <HI>Ottoman</HI> Force in <HI>Hun|gary,</HI> being 80000 effective fighting Men, being brought to <HI>Bru&s;sels,</HI> by the Gentlemen of Hor&s;e of the Marque&s;s <HI>Burgamanero,</HI> the <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> Emba&s;&s;a|dor at <HI>Vienna,</HI> and &s;ent from his Highne&s;s the Duke of <HI>Lorain,</HI> by the Prince of <HI>Savoy,</HI> to the Emperour; Dated from the <HI>Imperial</HI> Army, in the <HI>Turki&s;h</HI>-Camp, near <HI>E&s;&s;eck,</HI> the <HI>7th</HI> of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> 1687. which for the Va|lour and Conduct of the Generals, as well as the good of <HI>Chri&s;tendom,</HI> &s;hall give what particulars can at pre&s;ent be obtain'd.</P>
<P>His Highne&s;s the Duke of <HI>Lorain</HI> having &s;ince his re-pa&s;&s;ing the <HI>Drave,</HI> reached his Bridge of Boats over the <HI>Danube,</HI> at <HI>Mohatz,</HI> not thinking the <HI>Prime Vi&s;ier</HI> would have abandon'd his &s;trong Retrenchments about <HI>E&s;|&s;eck,</HI> was about ent'ring upon the de&s;ign of Be&s;ieging &s;ome &s;trong-hold the <HI>Turks</HI> yet po&s;&s;e&s;s in <HI>Hungary,</HI> when Advice was brought him, that the whole <HI>Turki&s;h</HI> Army, with all their Cannon, Baggage, and Artillery of War, pa&s;&s;ed the <HI>Drave,</HI> the <HI>28th.</HI> of la&s;t Month, and &s;trongly Encamped them|&s;elves near <HI>Darda;</HI> On the <HI>30th.</HI> the Duke of <HI>Lorain</HI> held a Council of War, where they re&s;olv'd, that it was ab&s;olutely nece&s;&s;ary, to pre&s;erve their new Conque&s;t, to return and Fight the Enemy, if they could be po&s;|&s;ibly drawn to accept it; and &s;ecret methods were among the Generals con|certed how to induce the <HI>Turks</HI> to quit their Encampment, and fight on equal terms. The Duke made a pre&s;ent Detachment of 8000 Hor&s;e to cover <HI>Syclo&s;s,</HI> and <HI>five Churches,</HI> from the In&s;ults of the Enemy, which lay mo&s;t expos'd; and &s;o leaving his heavy Baggage behind him at <HI>Mo|hatz,</HI> Mu&s;ter'd his Army, which did not much exceed 40000 Men; the next day Marched towards the Enemy with ea&s;ie Journeys, not too much to Fatigue his Men, skirmi&s;h'd with &s;ome Parties of them in his Pa&s;|&s;age; on the fourth, came within a League and a half of their Camp, made Entrenchments; and finding that'twas impo&s;&s;ible to force them from their Po&s;t, on the fifth, &s;ent a Detatchment notwith&s;tanding, to make a &s;hew <PB N="2" REF="1"><!-- PDF PAGE 12 -->of attempting it, who Retired with &s;ome lo&s;s to the Camp. In the night the Duke of <HI>Lorain</HI> cau&s;ed the Elector of <HI>Bavaria,</HI> with a con&s;iderable Bo|dy of the Army, to draw out of the Camp one way, and &s;ome Generals a|nother as if they were retreating, which the Prime <HI>Vi&s;ier</HI> being advis'd of by his Spies, and believing (through the di&s;advantage they were in the day before) that the Chri&s;tian Army was retiring, as they did when they re-pa&s;&s;ed the <HI>Drave:</HI> Seing them now &s;eparated, by &s;ix the next morning the Prime <HI>Vizier,</HI> before they were all retreated, drew out his Army from their Po&s;t attacqued the Chri&s;tian Camp, thinking to have eat them for a Breakfa&s;t; but they valiantly maintain'd the Fight till almo&s;t Noon, be|fore the fir&s;t Detatchment, which was Marched &s;ome miles round, fell in upon their Rear, and &s;oon after another Body of Chri&s;tians on their Flank, which put them into &s;o great a Con&s;ternation, &s;eeing them&s;elves decoyed that they began to give ground, taking their flight towards <HI>E&s;&s;eck,</HI> and &s;ome thou|&s;ands of them were driven into the <HI>Drave,</HI> which through the rapidne&s;s of the Stream, were mo&s;t of them drowned; but in &s;ome places the Fight was very ob&s;tinate and bloody, and continued till ten at Night, but in conclu&s;ion their whole Army was di&s;comfited, the Chri&s;tians being in a full pur&s;uit af|ter them, they having intirely quitted the Field, leaving all their Cannon, Baggage, and Attirals of War behind them, which is &s;aid to be full as rich as their Camp before <HI>Vienna.</HI> The number of the &s;lain are com|puted to be 8000 on the &s;pot, and almo&s;t as many drowned in the River; be&s;ides a good Accouut will be had of the pur&s;uit, which every Po&s;t, for &s;ome time, will bring us more particularly. The <HI>Germ|mans,</HI> in this Days Action, have &s;o approved them&s;elves for their Valour and Conduct, as they will for ever be dreadful to the <HI>Turks,</HI> and the &s;uc|ce&s;s of this Engagement, being the <HI>Turks</HI> la&s;t effort, will bring no &s;mall advantage to the Emperour. The chri&s;tian Army being not wholly return|ed from the pur&s;uit there is no certain Advice of the lo&s;s on our &s;ide, but as it may be computed 700. &s;ome think 1000 may be &s;lain; and we do not mi&s;s, as yet, any con&s;iderable Officer of Note: But few of the <HI>Turks</HI> are mad<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Pri&s;oners, the <HI>Germans</HI> being &s;o enraged for the Action of <HI>E&s;seck,</HI> as to give no quarter.</P>
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<P>JU&s;t as this happy News arrived, when the Emperours Affairs were thought to be declining in <HI>Hungary,</HI> we receiv'd the joyful Advice, That the <HI>Ve|netians</HI> have been al&s;o &s;ucce&s;sful in the <HI>Morea,</HI> General <HI>Moro&s;ini</HI> having Land|ed his Army at the mouth of the Gulph of <HI>Lepanto,</HI> laid Siege to the Fortre&s;s, and after &s;ome days re&s;istance, made him&s;elf ma&s;ter thereof.</P>
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<P>Edinburgh, Re-printed by the Heir of <HI>Andrew Ander|&s;on,</HI> Printer to His mo&s;t Sacred Maje&s;ty, City and Colledge, Anno DOM. 1687.</P>
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