Battle of Tachov

1427 battle of the Hussite Wars

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

Henry Beaufort

Otto von Ziegenhain

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]

Hussite Wars
(1419–1434)
and afterwards

It was part of the Hussite Wars, and it was the first battle in which war wagons were used by the crusaders. The battle showed that 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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