5 August 1716, during the Austro-Turkish War of 1716-1718, the Austrian military genius Prince Eugene of Savoy decisively defeated an outnumbering Ottoman army under Grand Vizier Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha at the Battle of Petrovaradin.
“The Prince exposed himself to a great extent … and was in the greatest of dangers to get sabred or captured by the Turks” (Anonymous Austrian participant of the Battle of Petrovaradin, 1716)
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Jacob van Schuppen (1670 - 1751): "Prince Eugene during the Austro-Turkish War." (around 1720) |
Franz Wacik (1883 - 1938): "Prince Eugene at the Battle of Vienna, 1683", illustration from Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "Prince Eugene, His Life in Pictures", 1913 |
Franz Wacik: "Eugene's Last Days and the Lion of Belvedere" (1913) |
And more about the Battle of Petrovaradin on:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Petrovaradin
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