Nevertheless they resumed the siege, and the place was surrendered by capitulation.

The campaign in Germany was finished by the reduction of Augsburg by the elector of Bwaria, who took it in the month of December, and agreed to its being secured by a French garrison.
TREATY BETWEEN THE EMPEROR AND THE DUKE OF SAVOY.
The emperor's affairs at this juncture wore a very unpromising aspect.
The Hungarians were fleeced and barbarously oppressed by those to whom he intrusted the government of their country.

They derived courage from despair.

They seized this opportunity, when the emperor's forces were divided, and his councils distracted, to exert themselves in defence of their liberties.

They ran to arms under the auspices of prince Ragotzki.
They demanded that their grievances should be redressed, and their privileges restored.