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The Ottomans had hoped to take the city before John Sobieski arrived but the Poles had arrived quicker than expected. Suddenly the Turks found themselves outflanked and bogged down in fighting in Vienna. The Polish cavalry and the Imperial cavalry launched a massive cavalry charge against the Ottoman's flanks near Kahlenberg Mountain outside Vienna.<ref>Faroqhi, Suraiya. <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1558764496/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1558764496&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=a745044192b83ee81bab02cacdc5b4df The Ottoman Empire: A Short History]</i> (London, Osprey, 2009), p 196</ref> The Holy League horsemen shattered the Ottoman army and the Vizier ordered the retreat of the Turkish army. The Polish king in the aftermath said, ‘I came and God conquered.’<ref> Palmer, p. 205</ref> The Turks lost some 30,000 men and the Hapsburgs and their allies lost only several thousand. Divisions soon emerged among the allies and this prevent the Christian armies from invading Ottoman Territory. The defeat of the Sultan’s army caused a political crisis and severely weakened the Ottoman Empire, so much so that it was no longer a threat to Europe.<ref>Palmer, p. 312</ref>
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===Alliances===