 The battle broke a two-month siege of Vienna and forced the Ottoman army to retreat.A note survives that reports Arsenije taking the news with pleasure.As the war approached, and Serbs from Dalmatia, Herzegovina and the Bay of Kotor already took to arms, Arsenije III continued with his regular duties visiting Slavonia in 1684, but on the other hand secretly maintained contacted with forces of the League, particularly those of the Republic of Venice and the Archduchy of Austria.