Crescent rising --Threat from the west -- A time of jihad -- Opposing Commanders 16 -- Imperial forces -- Ottoman forces -- Order of Battle 21 -- Imperial and Polish forces -- Ottoman forces -- Opposing Armies 22 -- Imperial forces -- Ottoman army -- Campaign Begins 26 -- Ottoman march north -- Habsburg preparations for war -- Opening minuet of the Imperial forces -- Affair at Petronell -- Kara Mustafa beholds Vienna -- Siege of Vienna 41 -- Opening moves -- First mine attack -- Countermining -- Tatar raids, Thokoly's threat and the Imperial manoeuvres -- Second month of the siege -- Battle of Kahlenberg 63 -- March through the Wienerwald -- Kara Mustafa's preparations for battle -- Battle of Kahlenberg -- Aftermath 81 -- Battle of Parkany -- Battlefields Today 90.