Battle of Morat

Battle of Morat
Part of Burgundian Wars
The battle of Morat by Johannes Stumpf, 1548
Date 22 June 1476 Location Near Murten, Canton of Fribourg Result Swiss victory
Belligerents
Duchy of Burgundy  Duchy of Savoy	Duchy of Lorraine  Swiss Confederates
Commanders and leaders
Duke Charles, Jacques, Duke of Savoy	Hans von Hallwyl, Hans Waldmann, Adrian von Bubenberg, René II, Duke of Lorraine,
Strength
c.12,000-c. 20,000	c. 25,000
Casualties and losses
6,000–10,000	410

Duchy of Burgundy

The Battle of Morat (also known as the Battle of Murten) was a battle in the Burgundian Wars (1474–77) that was fought on 22 June 1476 between Charles the Bold, the Duke of Burgundy, and a Swiss Confederate army at Morat/Murten, about 30 kilometres from Bern. The result was a crushing defeat for the Burgundians at the hands of the Swiss.

Stung by his defeat by the Swiss Confederation at Grandson in March 1476, Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, reorganised his tangled but otherwise mainly intact army at Lausanne. By the end of May he once again felt ready to march against the Confederates to recover his territories and fortifications in the Pays de Vaud, then march on and attack the city of Berne, his greatest enemy among the Swiss cantons.

His first objective was the strategic lakeside town of Morat, set on the eastern shore of Lake Morat. On 11 June 1476, the Burgundians commenced the siege of the well-prepared town, whose forces were commanded by the Bernese general Adrian von Bubenberg. An initial assault was repulsed by a heavy barrage of fire from light guns mounted on the walls, but two great bombards used by the Burgundians were slowly reducing the walls to rubble. By 19 June the Confederate muster was near complete at their camp behind the Sarine (Saane) River. Only a contingent of some 4,000 men from Zürich had yet to arrive and these were not expected until 22 June.

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