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4,000 men. The
Austrians began the siege work at the beginning of June, managed to erect the first siege battery, and began bombing the fort, but with little effect. The Ottomans remained in their castle. The Austrians undermined the Ottomans, thinking it would be an easy siege. They paid no attention to the fort built on the Russian or French model.
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Austrian army consisted of 9 battalions of infantrymen and 16 squadrons of cavalry, making the total force of the Austrians 15,000 men. They arrived in Giurgiu at the end of May. The Ottoman garrison was led by Çavuşzade Abdullah Pasha and Cengiz Mehmed Giray. The Ottomans had a force of only
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set out in boats, down and up the Danube, to survey the banks of the river, and communicate with the right bank. The
Ottomans fell upon the 3 battalions occupying the trenches and forced them to retreat. The two battalions rushed to save the first one; however, the Ottomans routed them as well.
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By June 8, a breach battery of four 18-pound cannons and seven mortars was installed 80 steps from the fortress. The
Austrians remained in their trenches, not expecting any Ottoman attack; however, on June 10, the Ottomans launched a sortie with only 400 men. The Ottomans used
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was launched by the
Austrian army led by Prince Coburg, who besieged the Ottoman city of Giurgiu in 1790. The Siege ended in fiasco for the Austrians and was one of the last engagements in the Austro-Turkish War of 1788–1791.
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The artillery commander, Thurn, was killed in this battle along with
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