Battle of Deutschbrod | |||||||
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Part of the Hussite Wars | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Hussites | Catholics | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Jan Žižka | Filippo Scolari | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
12 war wagons with 400 infantry | 2,000 cavalry | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
500 |
The Battle of Deutschbrod or Německý Brod took place on 10 January 1422, in Deutschbrod (Německý Brod, now Havlíčkův Brod), Bohemia, during the Hussite Wars. Led by Jan Žižka, the Hussites besieged 2,000 Royalist crusaders. The Roman Catholic crusaders were no match for the Hussites and Deutschbrod was quickly taken and sacked. A Royalist arsenal and supply train, numbering some 500 wagons, was captured, one of the largest amounts of loot that the Hussites would take throughout the whole war.