Mediterranean The Battle of Olasch (also Ólas, Ulaş, Olaschin) took place after a Habsburg Imperial army led by Saxon Elector General, Augustus II the Strong, laid siege to Turkish held Temesvár.

[5] The battle ended in a tactical draw, however, after Augustus is compelled to lift the siege of Temesvár, the Sultan claimed victory and was thus able to achieve operational success.

[11] As early as the autumn of 1696, Augustus resigned from his position and went home to obtain the royal throne of Poland after the death of John Sobieski.

The same year, Emperor Leopold appointed the brilliant young military strategist Prince Eugene of Savoy, who had returned from the Rhine front, as the new commander-in-chief.

[12] On 11 September 1697, a greatly outnumbered Imperial army led by Prince Eugene faced the Turks at Zenta on the Tisza which resulted in the Ottoman Empire's greatest defeats.