FTP, name this 1683 battle, the second Turkish investment of the Habsburg capital.
Tekeli's Protestant revolt and subsequent overtures for aid prompted this event, but Tekeli's Hungarian forces played little part in it. The attackers made numerous mistakes, including failure to control the heights at Kahlenberg. Following defeat on September 12, Selim Gherai and Ibrahim Pasha led the only ordered retreat from this action. Kara Mustafa, the leader of this abortive expedition, was executed for his failure on order from Sultan Mehmed IV, after it was raised by a force under Charles, Duke of Lorraine and Jan III Sobieski of Poland. FTP, name this 1683 battle, the second Turkish investment of the Habsburg capital.
Tekeli's Protestant revolt and subsequent overtures for aid prompted this event, but Tekeli's Hungarian forces played little part in it.
Second {Siege} of {Vienna} [or Second Battle of Vienna]