Siege Of Érsekújvár (1685)
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The siege of Érsekújvár was fought between July 7 and August 17 of 1685, between the besieging Habsburg army and the Ottoman garrison of Érsekújvár, city in what is today Nové Zámky,
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( tr, Uyvar). The Austrian commander,
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, invested the city and stormed it on August 17, slaying the entire Ottoman garrison.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ersekujvar Battles of the Great Turkish War Sieges involving the Ottoman Empire Sieges involving the Holy Roman Empire Conflicts in 1685 1685 in the Habsburg monarchy 1685 in the Ottoman Empire