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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 647 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MOHACS  , a

market
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town of Hungary, in the county of Baranya, 115 M . S. of
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Budapest . Pop . (1900), 15,812 . It is situated on the right
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bank of the Danube, and carries on a brisk trade in wine and the agricultural produce of the neighbourhood . Amongst its
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principal buildings are an old castle and the summer palace of the bishop of Pecs . Mohacs is famous in the
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history of Hungary by the two fateful battles which took place in the plain situated about 3 M. south-west of the town, and marked the beginning and the close of the
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Turkish dominion in Hungary . In the first (Aug . 29, 1526) the Hungarian army under Louis II . was annihilated by the
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Ottoman forces led by So]iman the Magnificent . In the second (Aug . 12, 1687) the Austrians under Charles of
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Lorraine gained a decisive victory over the
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Turks, whose power was afterwards still further broken by Prince
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Eugene of Savoy .

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