Monday, January 02, 2006

Viennese set to repel Turks’ new advance on the West - World - Times Online

"Viennese set to repel Turks' new advance on the West
From Rory Watson in Brussels
HISTORY is turning full circle for Austria as it takes over the six-month presidency of the European Union from Britain.

A little over three centuries ago Austrian forces, reinforced by their Polish allies, dashed the Ottoman Empire’s aggressive ambitions for Western Europe when they defeated the Turkish army at the second siege of Vienna."

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