Post by Leopold I von Habsburg on Oct 5, 2016 21:20:57 GMT
Until the Imperial Armies of Austria and the Holy Roman Empire, and the Armies of the Pope, can arrive, those living under the monarchy who face the invading Ottoman Army are ordered to burn their homes and towns, destroy their crops, slaughter their livestock, and flee, so as to leave nothing of use to the Ottoman invader. Flee your homes, your villages, retreat north. In the name of the Emperor, do not allow yourselves to be massacred, raped, and enslaved by the barbarous armies from the near-east, who march in the name of a false God, and a false Church, who seek only our destruction as their aim.
Leave them nothing of use, not even yourselves!
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, in message to his subjects of the Habsburg Monarchy