Passage: On 23 June 1596, an Ottoman Army marched from the city of Istanbul. Commanded by Sultan Mehmed III, the army marched through Edirne, Filibe , Sofia and Niš to arrive at Belgrade on 9 August. On 20 August, the army crossed the River Sava by bridge and entered the Austrian territory of Siren. A war council was called at Slankamen Castle, and it was decided that they would begin a siege on the Hungarian fort of Eger . The fort controlled the communication routes between Habsburg Austria and Transylvania, all of whom were in revolt against the Ottoman suzerainty. However, news soon arrived that the Austrians had besieged and succeeded in taking over the Castle of Hatvan and had killed all the Ottomans housed there, including the women and children. The Ottoman Army started a siege on the fort of Eger on 21 September 1596, and by 12 October the castle had capitulated. As a retaliation to the Hatvan castle massacre, the defenders of this castle were all executed. Not long after, Ottoman command received the report that a mixed army of Austrians and Transylvanians were advancing towards the Ottoman expeditionary force. A war council was conducted under Grand Vizier Damat Ibrahim Pasha. It was decided that the Ottoman Army should march out of the Erlau castle so as to meet the Austrians at a suitable battle terrain. The Sultan thought that the Ottoman army should disengage and return to Istanbul; it was with great difficulty that he was persuaded to engage the enemy forces. The most realistic troop strength figures seem to be 40,000-50,000 for the Christian and 80,000-100,000 for the Muslim army. The Christian army had 10,000 Austrians, 4,000 Germans, 3,000 reiters, 13,000 Hungarian light cavalry and 10,000 Transylvanians, for a total of 40,000 men.
Around how many days did these events span for? Did the Christian army have more Austrians or Germans? Did the Christian army have more Germans or reiters? How many Ottoman's at the Castle of Hatvan survived the attack from the Austrians? How many days did it take from when the Ottoman Army started a siege on the fort until the castle had capitulated? How many days did it take the Ottoman Army to march from Istanbul to Belgrade? How many days did it take the Ottoman army to march from Istanbul to Belgrade? How many days did the seige of the fort of Eger last? How many days passed between the Ottoman Army arriving at Belgrade and crossing the River Sava? How many days passed between the Ottoman Army marching from the city of Instanbul and their crossing the River Sava? How many days was the seige on the fort of Eger before the castle had been capitulated? How many days were there between arriving at Belgrade to crossing the River Sava? How many months did these events span for? How many months passed between the Ottoman Army marching from the city of Instanbul and their crossing the River Sava? How many more Austrians than Germans were in the Christian army? How many more Christian troops were Hungarian and Austrians than Germans and reiters and Transylvanian? How many more Christian troops were Hungarian and Austrians than Germans and reiters? How many more Christian troops were Hungarian and Transylvanian than Germans, Austrians and reiters? How many more Christian troops were Hungarian than Austrians and reiters? How many more Germans than reiters were there in the Christian army? How many more Muslim soldiers were there than Christian troops by the highest estimate? How many more of the Christian troops were Austrians than Germans and reiters? How many more of the Christian troops were Hungarian light cavalry than Germans and reiters? Were there more Transylvanians or reiters in the Christian army? Which ancestry groups consisted of more than 5000 army men in the Christian army? Which had a bigger army, Christian or Muslim army? Which happened first, the Hatvan castle massacre, or the march from Erlau castle? Which happened first, the meeting of the war council, or the takeover of the Castle of Hatvan? Which were there more of  Hungarian light cavalry or Transylvanians? Who had more troops, the Christians or the Muslims?