In 1675, at Lvov, Poland, a strange atmospheric phenomenon, recorded by a number of witnesses, gave victory to John Sobieski, who had come to the aid of the city besieged by a Turkish army of overwhelming numbers. With three hundred thousand men against six thousand hussars, the situation seemed desperate. At the Cathedral, the whole population of Lvov knelt down before the image of Our Lady of Clemency. Right at the beginning of the battle, when the left flank of the Polish Army began to give way, the sky was suddenly covered in thick clouds, and a terrible thunder and lightning storm was unleashed on the enemy with such a deluge of rain and violent wind that, in panic, the Turks turned tail while the Hussars, spurred onwards by the storm, pressed hot on their heels as they were routed, shouting "Long live Jesus Christ! Long live the Blessed Virgin Mary!" This was on the 25th of August - the eve of the feast of Our Lady of Czestochowa.