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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...

Thanks markomalley.
On 11 September a coalition of Christian forces... arrived with Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland, to lift the siege. When he saw that the Turks were about to breach the walls of the city, Sobieski attacked earlier than he had intended... He sent his forces of 81,000 against the Turks' 130,000. In the afternoon [of the 12th] Sobieski led a downhill charge which broke the Turkish line and then seized the abandoned tent of the Ottoman general who had fled...

8 posted on 09/12/2013 6:56:58 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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Wow! So, this is an anniversary date. Pretty cool.


14 posted on 09/12/2013 8:00:17 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Let me hear what God the LORD will speak. -Ps85)
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