Crusade

• Holy Roman Empire
  • Brandenburg
  • Bohemian Catholics
  • Bavaria
  • Saxony
  • Swabian cities
  • Electoral Cologne
  • Electoral Mainz
  • Austria
  • Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg
  • some Imperial cities
• Papal States (Italian contingent)
• Kingdom of Hungary

Hussite coalition

• Praguers
• Orphans
• Union of Žatec and Louny
• Taborites
• most of the Hussite cities
• Hussite nobility

Grand Duchy of LithuaniaCommanders and leaders Frederick of Brandenburg
Cardinal Cesarini
Jindřich of Plavno
Jan Vircburský
Albert of Habsburg Prokop the Bald
Sigismund KorybutStrength 30,000–50,000 20,000Casualties and losses >1,500 Unknown

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

According to legend, the Imperial army was besieging the city of Domažlice since 8 August, when the sight of the approaching and singing Hussite relief army led by Prokop the Bald and hearing their battle hymn "Ktož jsú boží bojovníci" ("Ye Who are Warriors of God"), 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. Reportedly, 8,000 wagons and all the equipment of the crusaders were captured. The crusader army was accompanied by papal legate Julian Cesarini who escaped, but lost all of his luggage in the retreat, including the secret correspondence and the Papal bull charging him to hire crusaders.

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

• Bellum.cz – Battle of Domažlice 14 August 1431
• The National Monument Domažlice on Czech Wikipedia

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