The German army, under the command of Christoph von Teuffenbach, Governor of Styria of the Holy Roman Empire, was defeated and the siege was lifted before Hatvan, which they besieged between 20 April and 2 July 1594.
[3] On May 5, Vizier Koca Sinan Pasha set out from Belgrade at the head of his army with the aim of liberating Esztergom and Hatvan.
[3][4] While the German army was besieging Hatvan, it was subjecting the castle to heavy cannon fire, losing 500 to It was raining 1,000, even 1,300 bullets.
[4] In response, Hatvan Dizdarı Sarıalioğlu Tiryaki Arslan Bey, seeing that General von Teuffenbach had left a weaker unit in front of the castle to continue the siege, launched the sortie operation.
General von Teuffenbach, concerned about being caught between two fires, lifted the siege and retreated in disorder, suffering heavy losses and leaving all his artillery behind.