I thought we could make a separate thread for sieges - specifically sieges that are impressive for some reason.
First I would start off with the 1532 siege of Kőszeg.
Kőszeg was a small border fort in Hungary, and was defended by Nikola Jurišić and 7-800 coatians against an Ottoman army of 100-120.000, led by Suleiman the magnificent. The defenders held the fort for 25 days without artillery of their own, beating back 19 full scale assaults before the ottomans finally gave up and retreated (mostly because by loosing a month the aims of the champaign were no longer achievable). By that time half of the defenders were dead, but their refusal to surrender and final victory over such an owerhelming enemy is quite impressive.
If Kőszeg has fallen swiftly or was given up - as was expected - the Ottomans would have most likely conducted another siege of Vienna. A direct battle between the spanish-german forces of the Habsburgs (Charles V) and the turks might also have come about - so it doing as well as expected might be an interesting POD.
First I would start off with the 1532 siege of Kőszeg.
Kőszeg was a small border fort in Hungary, and was defended by Nikola Jurišić and 7-800 coatians against an Ottoman army of 100-120.000, led by Suleiman the magnificent. The defenders held the fort for 25 days without artillery of their own, beating back 19 full scale assaults before the ottomans finally gave up and retreated (mostly because by loosing a month the aims of the champaign were no longer achievable). By that time half of the defenders were dead, but their refusal to surrender and final victory over such an owerhelming enemy is quite impressive.
If Kőszeg has fallen swiftly or was given up - as was expected - the Ottomans would have most likely conducted another siege of Vienna. A direct battle between the spanish-german forces of the Habsburgs (Charles V) and the turks might also have come about - so it doing as well as expected might be an interesting POD.