A
TRUE
ACCOUNT
Of
the
Seige
,
and
taking
of
the
Famous
City
of
Gran
in
Hungary
,
in
a
Letter
from
a
Gentleman
there
,
to
his
Correspondent
in
London
.
OCTOBER
2d
.
Honoured
Sir
;
I
hope
,
mine
of
September
the
20th
.
came
safe
to
your
hand
,
and
what
was
contained
was
very
acceptable
.
I
have
now
greater
news
to
impart
of
the
happy
Progress
of
the
Christian
Armies
,
of
the
taking
of
Gran
,
but
before
I
begin
,
I
think
it
convenient
,
to
give
you
a
short
Description
of
this
Famous
Town
Gran
,
antiently
called
Arigimum
,
is
very
strongly
seated
upon
the
Danub
,
and
defended
with
Extraordinary
Walls
,
and
deep
Ditches
,
having
a
most
impregnable
Castle
,
upon
a
little
Hill
called
St.
Thomas's
,
a
prety
way
out
of
the
Town
,
so
they
that
beseige
Gran
,
are
forced
to
take
this
strong
Castle
,
or
else
they
will
be
continually
plagued
by
the
Enemies
Cannon
upon
their
Backs
.
Our
Army
having
defeated
the
Turks
at
Barkan
,
&
so
having
made
the
way
open
,
resolved
upon
the
Seige
of
this
Town
,
which
has
been
in
the
hands
of
the
Turks
,
ever
since
the
time
of
Achmet
the
8th
.
and
upon
the
14th
.
of
the
last
they
called
a
General
Council
of
War
,
where
it
was
resolved
first
to
fall
upon
St.
Thomas
Fore
,
which
we
next
day
,
began
with
great
bravery
,
the
Turks
making
several
furious
Salleys
,
and
perpetually
playing
upon
us
,
but
we
beat
them
back
with
great
slaughter
,
our
Cannons
answering
them
in
the
same
Language
,
which
was
conveniently
planted
on
another
hill
,
elevated
much
by
Art
.
This
hot
service
continued
several
days
,
but
at
last
our
Cannon
making
a
great
breach
&
,
many
of
the
Turks
being
killed
,
and
seeing
no
hope
of
relief
,
they
came
to
a
parley
,
and
the
day
after
it
was
surrendred
,
they
having
Good
Military
Honourable
Conditions
,
and
as
soon
as
the
Poles
saw
the
Castle
was
surrendred
,
several
of
them
went
to
the
King
,
&
the
Duke
of
Lorrain
,
to
beg
the
most
difficult
places
in
the
attaque
of
the
Town
;
which
honourable
request
,
the
KING
with
tears
of
joy
Granted
them
;
then
we
surrendred
the
Town
,
making
the
greatest
effect
upon
the
lower
Town
,
and
after
many
furious
assaults
,
at
last
carry'd
it
;
when
they
of
the
higher
town
,
saw
that
the
Castle
was
taken
,
and
that
the
lower
town
was
lost
and
that
all
hopes
of
succour
was
gone
,
their
Garrison
being
reduced
to
a
small
number
,
they
hung
out
the
white
Flag
,
and
submitted
to
such
Conditions
as
pleased
our
Commanders
,
which
however
were
honourable
enough
.
Thus
with
no
great
loss
of
the
Christian
side
,
but
of
many
hundreds
of
the
Turks
,
is
this
great
town
(
once
the
Bull-work
of
Christiandom
)
now
again
in
the
hands
of
the
Christians
,
and
our
Army
,
is
now
upon
the
march
,
to
beseige
Buda
,
the
Metropolis
of
all
Hungary
,
of
which
I
hope
we
shall
give
account
e're
long
,
in
the
interim
.
I
Rest
your
assured
Friend
N.
D.