The court of Vienna forthwith engaged in an alliance with the Muscovite emperor; but they did not exert themselves in taking advantage of the disaster which the Turks had undergone.

The Imperial army, commanded by the elector of Saxony, continued inactive on the river Marosch till the nineteenth day of July, then they made a feint of attacking Temiswaer; but they inarched towards Betzkerch, in their route to Belgrade, on receiving advice that the grand seignor intended to besiege Titul.

On the twenty-first day of August, the two armies were in sight of each other.

The Turkish horse attacked the Imperialists in a plain near the river Begue, but were repulsed.

The Germans next day made a show of retreating, in hopes of drawing the enemy from their intrenchments.