This is three contemporary accounts of the wars of the 16th and 17th
centuries. The first pertaining to Zamoyski's campaign against the
Tartars in 1588, the next two from the siege of Vienna in 1683. One from
outside the city and the second from inside
Zamoyski and the Defeat of the Tartars in 1588. Is an anonymous
contemporary pamphlet on the campaign against the Tartars in 1588
The next are translations of two works published within the year of the
siege of Vienna, 1683. The first starts with much of the European
politics surrounding Austria in 1683 and the reason why all of Europe
did not go to Vienna's relief. It then begins a study of the maneuvers
of the Christian army, Turkish siege operations, the defense of the
city, and the great battle that relieved the city and broke the back of
the Turks.
The second work is probably the more interesting in that it was written
by a Frenchman who spent the siege within the walls of Vienna. He
relates details of how the city was defended and actions taken by its
commander, plus the situation of the Christian army, issues with the
Hungarians, who were Turkish allies, the siege from both sides, and the
climactic battle that ended the siege.