Siege of Vienna 1683 (photo story)

[DintheDin]

I think he wants to post them sooner or later so I don't want to spoil it here (and don't want to hijack your lovely thread further  )

Understood.  So, one more panoramic to return to the subject.

[GamesPoet]

An impressive project, congrats!

[DintheDin]

Romeyn de Hooghe (1683). In 1683, Nicolaas Visscher II (1649-1702) published a series of ten prints about the Turkish siege of the city of Vienna with the most important pictures of the war. The prints were engraved by Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708) after drawings from the Antwerp artist Jacobus Peeters. On September 2, 1683, a large amount of gunpowder was found that the Turks intended to explode in the castel of the Emperor, the Hofburg. The print depicts the surprise attack by the Austrians on the Turks which prevented the explosion.

 http://www.ricsartshop.com/17thcentury167-p-17cmap.html

[Battle Brush Sigur]

 They used water barrels they had standing around everywhere (for putting out fires) in cellars [Vienna has a huge system of cellars and crypts underneath the city] to pick up on the slightest shocks from troops digging underneath the city. Kinda like spotting a T-Rex closing in. :p

[DintheDin]

They used water barrels they had standing around everywhere (for putting out fires) in cellars [Vienna has a huge system of cellars and crypts underneath the city] to pick up on the slightest shocks from troops digging underneath the city. Kinda like spotting a T-Rex closing in. :p

This mining and counter-mining must have been one of the most cruel and horrible things in siege warfare.
Many heroic acts happened underground and most of them we'll never know.
Image from the siege of Candia (Krete) 1667-1668

[DintheDin]

I wouldn't dare to make this thread longer, but last night I received some new pics worthy to post from Grouchy (I don't tell names   )
Unregistered Cossacks with their flamboyant banners waving.
Cossacks and pancerni were flank attacked by Tartars.
When the Tartars saw the banners of Jan Sobieski approaching, they gave way, as they had a nasty experience in the past.

[DintheDin]

Janissaries and Anatolian troops swarming through the trenches to assault Vienna

[DintheDin]

The grand attack of the Polish winged hussars

[Battle Brush Sigur]

This mining and counter-mining must have been one of the most cruel and horrible things in siege warfare.
Many heroic acts happened underground and most of them we'll never know.
Image from the siege of Candia (Krete) 1667-1668

Oh yes, absolutely. A while ago I found a very good website about siege warfare in the 17th century and the whole trench warfare must have been similarly nerve-wrecking as in later centuries.

[DintheDin]

Oh yes, absolutely. A while ago I found a very good website about siege warfare in the 17th century and the whole trench warfare must have been similarly nerve-wrecking as in later centuries.

The most relevant and interesting website I found, is this

http://gluedideas.com/Encyclopedia-Britannica-Volume-9-Part-2-Extraction-Gambrinus/The-Attack-of-Fortresses.html

[DintheDin]

To complete the presentation of my Polish troops, I would like to add one that could have not taken part in this battle:
Krakow militia. Essex 15mm with some putty added for the bandoliers and the hat feathers.

[Nikfu]

Very nice.
For us the seed is planted, we fetched us three starter armies from pendraken at salute 

[DintheDin]

Very nice.
For us the seed is planted, we fetched us three starter armies from pendraken at salute 

Pendraken  very nice sculpts with much detail for their scale!
I wish you enjoy painting and playing with them!
Good luck to your project!

[Nikfu]

Thanks, will update but it may take some time...