“We remember, in September, when the Winged Hussars arrived!”
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Relief of the Siege of Vienna, 12 September 1683 “Then the Winged Hussars arrived, Coming down the mountainside! Then the winged hussars arrived! Coming down they turned the tide! We remember, in September, When the Winged Hussars arrived!” On this date, 337 years ago, troops of the Holy League, led by King Jan III Sobieski of Poland, break the Ottoman Turkish siege of Vienna, saving both the Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire, and almost certainly, Christian Europe itself from Islamic and Turkish domination. At the climactic moment of the battle, the largest cavalry charge in history – 18,000 horsmen, led by King Jan himself, at the head of his 3,000 elite Winged Hussars – delivers the final, crushing blow, charging down the Kahlenberg and sweeping the enemy from before the Gates of Vienna. In the words of the epic contemporary paean to this battle by the Swedish heavy-metal band Sabaton, with which I opened this post,
“We remember, in September, when the Winged Hussars arrived!”
“We remember, in September, when the Winged…
“We remember, in September, when the Winged Hussars arrived!”
Relief of the Siege of Vienna, 12 September 1683 “Then the Winged Hussars arrived, Coming down the mountainside! Then the winged hussars arrived! Coming down they turned the tide! We remember, in September, When the Winged Hussars arrived!” On this date, 337 years ago, troops of the Holy League, led by King Jan III Sobieski of Poland, break the Ottoman Turkish siege of Vienna, saving both the Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire, and almost certainly, Christian Europe itself from Islamic and Turkish domination. At the climactic moment of the battle, the largest cavalry charge in history – 18,000 horsmen, led by King Jan himself, at the head of his 3,000 elite Winged Hussars – delivers the final, crushing blow, charging down the Kahlenberg and sweeping the enemy from before the Gates of Vienna. In the words of the epic contemporary paean to this battle by the Swedish heavy-metal band Sabaton, with which I opened this post,