 After the unsuccessful siege of Vienna in 1683, the tide turned and the Holy League of European nations began forcing the Ottomans out of Hungary in the Great Turkish War between 1683–1699.In his works, he noted the "uprisal of the Serb rayah"; he mentioned that the Serbs of the region rose up when the Austrian general Valis took Segedin on October 20, 1686.During the war, the Austrians were unable to capture Temesvár.