Battle of Německý Brod

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Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in Hussite Wars. Result: Czechs destroy rearguard to German-Hungarian retreat from Bohemia with a short siege.

On January 6, 1422, Hussite forces under Jan Žižka routed a German-Hungarian army at Nebovidy. As King Sigismund’s mercenaries failed to stem the Hussite tide at Kutná Hora and Habry over the next two days, the king abandoned his Bohemian campaign and fled across the Sázava River into Moravia, ordering a rearguard at Německý Brod. Zawisza of Garbów valiantly defended the town, enabling his king to...

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