Battle of Kappel | |||||||
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Part of Second war of Kappel | |||||||
The forces of Zürich are defeated in the war (1548 etching) |
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Belligerents | |||||||
Catholics: |
Protestants: |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Hans Jauch | Huldrych Zwingli † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
7,000 | 2,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
500 |
Catholics:
Uri
Schwyz
Zug
Lucerne
Protestants:
The Second War of Kappel (Zweiter Kappelerkrieg) was an armed conflict in 1531 between the Protestant and the Roman Catholic cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy during the Reformation in Switzerland.