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KOMJÁTI ZOLTÁN IGOR: „...Hogy újabban is megüthetnénk ebnek az orrát...”. A füleki helyőrség összecsapásai a török csapatokkal Koháry István főkapitánysága idején (1667-1682
Zoltán Igor Komjáti “SO THAT WE CAN ALSO STRIKE THE DOG’S SNOUT AGAIN...” Fülek Garrison Clashes with Turkish Troops during the Period of István Koháry’s High Command (1667-1682) The border castle at Fülek when under the command of István Koháry regularly fought against the garrisons of the Turkish border castles. Although the 1664 Peace of Vasvár was still in place, the troops on both sides frequently clashed with one another in an attempt to uphold their military reputations, and in order that they could supply themselves with the booty they depended on for survival. The Court Military Council went to great lengths to put an end to any raids from the Hungarian side as any provocation could have provided the spark needed to start another war, and Vienna didn’t want to fight a war on two fronts against France and the Ottoman Empire at any cost. Thus, the Military Council, when informed of any action against the Turks by the Fülek forces, whether following a tip-off by the Turks or a villainous Hungarian, a call for instant retribution was demanded, either from Louis de Souches in the period up to the end of 1668, or subsequently from Pál Esterházy the captain-general of the mining region, in the form of reductions in the numbers patrolling the border castles. In the war against the Turks the only acceptable reason for military action was self defence in the event of a direct attack on Fülek by the enemy. István Koháry was a constant source of complaint at the Court Military Council, as the Turkish authorities were forever blaming the Fülek command for the latest action against the Turks, even when there was no solid basis for such a claim. Things reached the point that the military body — fed up with the constant complaints - ordered Koháry’s arrest in August 1674, something that was only avoided through the intervention of Pál Esterházy. Although the soldiers of Fülek, occasionally with the soldiers of the castles of Pest, Buda, Nógrád and Vác, generally came into conflict with the Turkish authorities in the neighbouring viläyet of Eger (Buják, Szécsény, Hatvan, Eger), during the course of their raids they also penetrated into the southern part of the occupied zone, as far as the areas around Bácska, Zenta and Zombor 364
