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The Polish infantry came next, hitting the Ottoman left. The next morning, the Germans under Charles of Lorraine advanced and captured the Ottoman-held towns of Nussdorf and Heiligenstadt. But on the evening of 11th September, the exhausted Viennese saw bonfires lit on the Kahlenberg heights above the city: relief had come at last. The Viennese prepared to fight in the inner city. In early September, the Ottoman sappers fired several mines, blowing breaches in the city walls. Fatigue became so common that the Austrian commander ordered any man found asleep on duty to be shot. The siege began in July, and by September the defenders were down to their last reserves.
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Although religion was often invoked by both sides to bolster their political claims, in reality the war was fought for fairly typical great power reasons, with the Protestant powers showing little interest in joining Pope Innocent XI's "Holy League", and France tacitly supporting the Ottomans. The titanic battle outside the walls of Vienna marked the end of the Ottoman menace in Europe and the decisive turning point of the Ottoman power struggle with the Hapsburgs.