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John III, Sobieski (1624-96). King of Poland from 1674 to 1696 and one of the greatest warriors of the seventeenth century. With 20,000 Polish troops he helped defeat the Turkish forces under Kara Mustapha in their camp around Vienna in 1683.
Captain Charles King, Famous and Decisive Battles of the World (Philidelphia: J. C. McCurdy, 1884) 179.
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