Prince Alexander of Württemberg is just one prince among many. The brave Swabian, our Alexanderle (Raimond), was

Prince Eugene's behavior shows how short of cash the Christians were. There was only enough ammunition for a few days. It was pure French propaganda when Richelieu's backer, some Franciscan Jesuit, claimed that the Battle of Peterwardein was won by him and not by money.

Through a Pope who prays fervently,

Shortly afterwards, during the siege of Temeschvar, the Christian army ran out of ammunition.

Fortunately, it did not come to that and the Swabian Prince Alexanderle was able to prove himself again.

"The middle column succeeded with difficulty, but the FZM. Prince Alexander of Württemberg led the soldiers ahead with his personal courage." 4

But now comes the main attack.

Our Alexanderle is the only prince to be wounded and is praised for his bravery.

"Almost all of the imperial generals who were deployed during the attack were wounded. Prince Alexander of Württemberg was wounded in the face and a bomb that exploded next to him robbed him of his hearing for a while. The young prince was always in the front ranks during the battle; as soon as he first advanced he called out to his grenadiers: "Whoever has a drop of honest German blood in his body should follow me confidently. Here we will either overcome or remain dead!" and when a small disturbance occurred at the breach, Iron Warriors fired on with the words: "Brothers, here we want to show what a German soldier is. God will be our fellow fighter, just be brave!"" 5

At this point we would like to point out that

The order of the princes depends on the size of their empire. At that time, for example, Portugal also included Brazil, Mozambique and Angola.

but the Prince of Portugal was not allowed to attack because he was in bed with fever

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footnotes

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University and State Library of TyrolCampaigns of Prince Eugene of Savoy(History of the Battles of Austria)Campaign 1716 - according to the field records and other authentic sourcesMatuschka, LudwigVienna, 1891

1 S239 Prince Emanuel of Portugal was involved in the siege of Temeschvar, as was Prince of Brunswick Beveren, Brunswick is a traditional ally of the British.

Prince Alexander of Württemberg is just one prince among many.

Prince Emmanuel of Portugal was heroic but stupid. His horse was shot under him and he was wounded in the foot. Now he is in bed with a fever.

3 S 244 The guns fired an average of 80 rounds a day; on 19 September the ammunition supply for the 24-pound cannons was sufficient for 8-9 days, for the 10-pound cannons for 7-8 days, and for the 100-pound mortars, each of which was still equipped with 1000 rounds. However, supplies from Ofen arrived in time.

4. S 253 FZM is Feldzeugmeister

5 S 354