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sacking the city, during which considerable spoils were looted. However, despite this, the troops began drinking, and there were hardly less than 1,000 men besieging the citadel. During the night, they managed to recollect their forces and launch an assault; however, it was easily repelled by the garrison.
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They began bombing the castle on 30 January, but with little effect. Zrínyi decided to leave the city and head out to destroy the targeted bridge, leaving his commander, Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, to continue the siege. Zrínyi took 5,000 cavalry of the combined armies and left the infantrymen. Zrínyi
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