The troops gathered in the Vác camp when the court finally granted permission to begin the operations intended to capture Buda, which was around the middle of September.

Following the construction of the two Danube bridges at Vác, Miklós Pálffy led 6,000 Hungarian Hussars, followed by 1,000 Cossacks of Ferenc Nádasdy.

[2][3][4][5] On October 11, the 300 Ottoman garrisons occupying the blockhouse on Gellért Hill retreated to the city after setting fire to the fort.

On October 14, Matthias demanded the garrison surrender; however, they refused, and three days later, the weather turned cold and the rains made the task of the besiegers more difficult.

The disarmament of the cannons took a few days, and the retreat could only begin on November 2, during which the Ottomans attempted a sally, but the archduke was able to lead his men back to Esztergom.