Battle of Tachov

Battle of Tachov
	Part of the Third anti-Hussite crusade, Hussite Wars
	; Papal legate Henry Beaufort trying to halt fleeing crusaders after the battle
Date	3 – 4 August 1427
Location	Tachov, western Bohemia
Result	Hussite victory
Belligerents
Hussite coalition Orphans; Taborites; Praguers; Bohemian Hussite nobility;	Crusade; Holy Roman Empire Margraviate of Brandenburg; Electoral Palatinate; Bohemian Catholic nobility within Landfrieden of Pilsen; Duchy of Bavaria-Landshut; Electorate of Saxony; Electorate of Trier; Landgraviate of Thuringia; ; Teutonic Order; Kingdom of England;
Commanders and leaders
Prokop the Great	Frederick I of Brandenburg; Johann of Neumarkt
Strength
17,500; 200 War wagons	20,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Heavy; 900–1,400 captured

The Battle of Tachov (German: Schlacht bei Tachau) or Battle of Mies (German: Schlacht bei Mies) was fought on 4 August 1427 near the Bohemian towns of Tachov (Tachau) and Stříbro (Mies). The Hussites won over the armies led by the Cardinal Henry Beaufort of England and Archbishop of Trier Otto von Ziegenhain.^[1]

It was part of the

Wagenburg could not be used successfully by just any army. It took an army that knew how to use the wagons to make them successful. This battle ended the Fourth Crusade of the Hussite Wars, and for four years no further crusades were made. This would allow the Hussites to go on their "beautiful rides" into Hungary, Saxony, Bavaria and Silesia

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49°47′43″N 12°37′59″E / 49.79528°N 12.63306°E / 49.79528; 12.63306

References

^ "Henry, Cardinal Beaufort". www.englishmonarchs.co.uk.

External links

Bellum.cz – "Battle of Tachov 3rd – 4th August 1427"

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[1] "Henry, Cardinal Beaufort". www.englishmonarchs.co.uk.

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