Siege of Eger
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The <entity_3> occurred during the 16th century <entity_0>. In <entity_7> the forces of the <entity_2> led by Kara Ahmed Pasha laid <entity_5> to the Castle of <entity_6>, located in the northern part of the <entity_1>, but the defenders led by István Dobó repelled the attacks and defended the castle. The <entity_5> has become an emblem of national defense and patriotic heroism in <entity_4>. Besides allowing a takeover of that revenue source, the fall of <entity_6> would also enable the <entity_2> to secure an alternate logistic and troop route for further westward military expansion, possibly allowing the Turks to lay sieges to Vienna more frequently. None of these attempts were successful during the <entity_5> of <entity_6>. Despite the difference in troop numbers, <entity_6>'s strong walls and the high morale of its defenders allowed the fortress to withstand five major assaults and continuous cannon fire (excluding the ones stuck in the walls of the stronghold, almost 12,000 cannonballs landed inside the fortress before the <entity_5> ended). Despite the failure at <entity_6>, the Ottomans had no reason to lament the campaign of <entity_7>, for they had taken Veszprém, Temesvár, Szolnok, and Lippa, as well as some 25 Hungarian strongholds. Earliest records of the <entity_5> were recorded by the chronicler Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos in 1554 who wrote musical verses of the exploits of the people of <entity_6>.
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