Battle of Domažlice

Battle of Domažlice
Part of the Hussite Wars
Date August 14th, 1431 Location Domažlice (Taus), Bohemia Result Decisive Hussite victory
Belligerents
Hussites	Holy Roman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Prokop the Great	Cardinal Cesarini Frederick of Brandenburg
Strength
30,000 - 50,000	100,000 - 120,000

The Battle of Domažlice (Czech: Bitva u Domažlic) or Battle of Taus (German: Schlacht bei Taus) was fought on August 14, 1431 as the part of the 5th crusade against Hussites. The crusade was sent to Bohemia after the negotiations they were held in Pressburg and Cheb between Hussites and the emperor Sigismund had failed.

The Imperial army was besieging the city of Domažlice since August 8, when the sight of the approaching and singing Hussite relief army led by Prokop the Bald led to mass panicking among the crusaders, who fled through the Bohemian Forest. The Hussites immediately set after the fleeing Imperial army and annihilated its remnants completely.

The crusader army was accompanied by papal legate Julian Cesarini who lost his whole luggage in the retreat, including the secret correspondence and the Papal bull charging him to hire crusaders.

Sources

• Ich Wolkenstein, by Dieter Kühn; Insel Verlag Frankfurt am Main, 1977 ISBN 3-458-32197-7

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia. Battle of Taus

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia. Hussite Wars