Shortly after this, the Turks brought up some twenty guns to a height overlooking the Imperialist headquarters, which they bombarded heavily and persistently. One day, whilst Bassompierre was playing cards with the general and two other officers, a shot passed right through the tent, whilst on another, when visiting Annibal de Schomberg, a shot struck the tent-pole and brought the whole tent down upon the heads of its occupants. Finally, after this unpleasant state of things had lasted for five days, Rossworm decided to remove his headquarters to a valley where cannon-shot could not reach him, upon which the bombardment ceased. Towards the middle of November, the Turks, having succeeded in their main objective, that of revictualling Buda, struck their camp and marched back to Belgrade, where their army was disbanded. Rossworm, after leading a flying column along the river and capturing one or two not very important places, with the idea of showing that the campaign had not been wholly without results on the Imperialists’ side, disbanded his troops likewise, and set out for Vienna, accompanied by Bassompierre. CHAPTER V Bassompierre goes to Prague, where the Imperial Court is in residence--He is presented by Rossworm to the lords of the Council--He dines at the house of Prestowitz, Burgrave of Karlstein, and falls in love with his widowed daughter, “Madame Esther”--Bassompierre and Rossworm engage in an amorous adventure, from which they narrowly escape with their lives--Bassompierre plays tennis with Wallenstein, with the Emperor Maximilian an interested spectator--He is presented to the Emperor, who receives him very graciously and commissions him to raise troops in Lorraine for service against the Turks. Bassompierre, Rossworm and other nobles parade the streets masked and have an affray with the police--Singular sequel to this affair--Bassompierre spends the Carnival with the Prestowitz family at Karlstein--Amorous escapade with “Madame Esther”--Bassompierre sets out for Lorraine--He engages in a drinking-bout with the canons of Saverne, which very nearly has a fatal termination--Death of his brother Jean, Seigneur de Removille, at the siege of Ostend--Grievances of Bassompierre against the French Government--Henri IV promises that “justice shall be done him” and invites him to return to his Court--Bassompierre renounces his intention of entering the Imperial service and sets out for France. In Vienna, Bassompierre remained for six weeks, where he “passed his time extremely well,” and about the middle of January, 1604, set out for Prague, where the Imperial Court was then in residence.