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During the year 1788, the Austrian army was at war with the Ottoman Empire. On September 17, 1788, the Austrian army, of about 100,000 soldiers set up camp in the town of Karánsebes (present-day Romania).

Once camp was set, Hussars were sent to scout out the surrounding area to see if any Turks were nearby. No Turks were spotted; what they did find however were a group of Gypsies selling schnapps (liquor). The Hussars bought barrels of the stuff and then proceeded to get drunk.

It wasn't long after getting drunk that the Austrian infantry soldiers crossed paths with the Hussars and demanded that they share their liquor. They refused, in fact, they built forts around the barrels to prevent anybody from taking their liquor.

Angry at the selfishness
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In an effort to try and settle the soldiers down, German officers started yelling, in German, “Halt! Halt!” But here’s the problem; the Austrian army was composed of soldiers from different countries who spoke different languages, and as a result, when they heard "Halt! Halt!" they misinterpreted it as “Allah! Allah!

It wasn't long until the Austrian camp was in complete and utter chaos. What made matters worse was when a corps commander ordered an artillery fire when he mistook the men running through the camp as the enemy.

Eventually, the entire camp awoke to a battle raging on outside. While some soldiers picked up their gun and started firing at the targets they perceived to be the enemy, others decided to flee while they still had the chance. Soon the fighting got so bad that the Austrian army decided to retreat from the fictitious enemy they created.

Two days later the real Turkish army arrives to find 10,000 wounded/dead Austrian soldiers lying on the ground in a now unprotected town of Karánsebes, which they procedeed to take with


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