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On the morning of May 31, the Christian leaders held a war council to decide on what to do. Zrínyi was reasoning to carry on with the fight and confront the oncoming enemy, but the imperial leaders feared they could fall between two fires if the defenders also sallied out of the castle. Therefore,
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with the news under the cover of night, but a team of defenders breaking out of the castle captured the envoy. On May 26, Strozzi sent a 3,000-strong reconnaissance detachment to monitor the movement of the Ottoman rescue army. The next evening, it was reported that enemy columns, about 60,000
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Zrinyi planned to begin the siege of Kanizsa in early March, but due to the slow preparation of troops, the siege had to be postponed until April. Zrínyi assembled some 20,000 troops and, still in March, set out at the head of 300
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for help. On May 19, the defenders carried out a strong sally, Zrínyi almost perished when an enemy projectile hit the ground a few steps away from him. The Bán even lost consciousness for a few moments.
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On April 30, the cannons began bombing the castle, however, they could not make a breach in the walls suitable for an attack despite the one-month artillery fire. On May 4, more cannons arrived from
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on the situation in Kanitzsa and the siege was scheduled for April 8, but due to the German troops' procrastination, it did not begin until the end of the month.
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arrived. The army was starving, weak, and its ranks were quite disordered. Montecuccoli was unable to control the situation, so he could not launch an attack.
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to spy on Kanizsa. The Turks learned of this plan and sent a detachment against Zrinyi, however, the detachment was defeated. Zrinyi reported to Emperor
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and decided to engage in a decisive battle there with the Grand Vizier's troops, which were outnumbered by several five times. At the
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Köprülü Fazil Ahmed Pasha was approaching. On hearing this, Zrínyi tried to hurry up the taking of the castle, sending his envoy to
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they decided to withdraw. On the early morning of June 2, the army hurriedly left the area around the castle and retreated toward
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The Hungarian-Habsburg Army camped near Zrínyi-Újvár and set out for Kanitza on April 28, occupying the Kanitza suburb called
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Due to the unsuccessful siege of Kanizsa, Zrinyi was removed from his position as commander-in-chief.
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army on hearing of the incoming Turkish reinforcements had to withdraw after a month-long siege.
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marched into winter accommodation, Zrínyi prepared a preventive strike, which became the famous
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but these alone would not have been enough to defend or relieve the castle. Not even when
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Zrínyi-újvár fell and Zrínyi left the front for Vienna. Montecuccoli retreated as far as
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Finally, in 1663, the Turkish armies did move to Hungary, but not along the
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on the same day. The siege was not initially successful due to a lack of
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Military History of Hungary, Zrínyi military publishing house, page 285
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arrived on 23 May. Zrínyi sent an assistant officer called Renaut to
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he defeated Köprülü in an open battle, but the court concluded the
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Yet the siege should have been hurried, for the Ottoman army of
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in 1600, became the center of the newly organized Ottoman
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was an unsuccessful military operation carried out by
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in 1661, Zrínyi acted quickly and built a fortress,
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