. The Turk and the land of Haig; or, Turkey and Armenia: descriptive, historical, and picturesque . ne in power and might. Its armies had pene-trated victoriously into the heart of Europe and hadadvanced to within two score miles of Vienna. Fromthat city the Roman emperor fled before them, andthe mighty Cathedral of St. Stephen barely escapedthe fate of St. Sophia at Byzantium, in becoming amosque of Allah and the Prophet. But soon thebright splendor of the Star and Crescent was 1571 the ships of the Christian Powers, underthe command of Don John of Austria, encounteredthe Turks ou
. The Turk and the land of Haig; or, Turkey and Armenia: descriptive, historical, and picturesque . ne in power and might. Its armies had pene-trated victoriously into the heart of Europe and hadadvanced to within two score miles of Vienna. Fromthat city the Roman emperor fled before them, andthe mighty Cathedral of St. Stephen barely escapedthe fate of St. Sophia at Byzantium, in becoming amosque of Allah and the Prophet. But soon thebright splendor of the Star and Crescent was 1571 the ships of the Christian Powers, underthe command of Don John of Austria, encounteredthe Turks outside of the Gulf of Lepanto, and in thefurious conflict that ensued the Ottoman fleet wasalmost annihilated. Such a result proved of greatmoral value to Christians. They learned that theOttoman navy was no longer invincible on the after defeat, instead of the usual victories, fol-lowed the Turkish armies in quick succession, and butfor the aid of the Poles the result would have beenthe utter destruction of the Ottoman Power. Turkey,however, continued to decline, and though she made. 322 THE TURK AND THE LAND OF HAIG. an occasional re-conquest, it was not of sufficientimportance to turn the tide of her ill fortune. In the year 1664 the Turkish army was completelyrouted in a war with the Germans, and twenty yearslater another bloody defeat was suffered at the handsof the Austrians. Turkey was urged into a war withRussia by Charles XII. of Sweden, who had takenrefuge in the Sultans empire after the disaster ofPultowa. The contest nearly resulted in the crushingdefeat of the Russians, who were deserted by theMoldavians, upon whose aid they had in a largedegree depended. In 1711 the Grand Vizier BaltijiMohammed marched into Moldavia against the forcesof the Czar, and on the right bank of the Pruth hecompletely blockaded the army of Peter the the Vizier had his tireless foe entrapped in aprecarious position, and finally compelled him to sur-render. But his stu
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