Battle of Kutná Hora

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Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in Hussite Wars. Result: Sigismund’s forces take a crucial city in Eastern Bohemia.

In December, 1421, King Sigismund launched a crusade from Hungary against Bohemia, directed at Kutná Hora. On December 21, German-Hungarian forces engaged a Hussite force under Jan Žižka to the north of the city. Hussite artillery repulsed repeated frontal attacks throughout the day, but the city to Žižka’s rear let in elements of Sigismund’s army and the Kutnohorian Germans began massacring the local Czechs. Pipo Spano...

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