Battle of Tachov - Tachov, Czech Republic
Posted by: 
ToRo61
N 49° 47.868 E 012° 36.699
33U E 328125 N 5518886
The Battle of Tachov (German: Schlacht bei Tachau) or Battle of Mies (German: Schlacht bei Mies) was a battle fought on 4 August 1427 near the Bohemian towns of Tachov (Tachau) and Stríbro (Mies).
Waymark Code: WMTBMD
Location: Plzeňský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 10/29/2016
Views: 20
The Hussites (
visit link) won over the armies led by the Cardinal Henry Beaufort of England and Archbishop of Trier Otto von Ziegenhain.
It was part of the Hussite Wars (
visit link) , and it was the first battle in which war wagons (
visit link) 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.
Tachov's historically dramatic moments are commemorated by this memorial (by author M. Hrubec) unveiled in 1972. Between 1427 and 1431, the Czech-Bavarian border experienced two anti-Habsburg crusades, defeated at the Battle of Tachov and Domažlice. Fierce battles with numerous casualties and damage to significant buildings were common in this region in the 1420s and 1450s. Royal frontier towns (Tachov) claiming affiliation to the Catholic faith clashed with Hussite troops, who held other towns in the area (Domažlice, Sušice, Klatovy, Horaždovice and Rokycany).
In 1421, Jan Žižka and his army besieged Tachov and occupied the outlying district but eventually left the town, avoiding a battle with King Sigismund's army. In 1427, a crusade against heretic Czechs was proclaimed which ended in the Battle of Tachov (1427) after an unsuccessful siege of Stríbro. The crusading army was defeated and Tachov was conquered by the Hussites. The Fifth crusade against Hussite Czechs was lead towards Domažlice in August 1431, passing Tachov, which was laid siege to without success. The Hussites drove the crusading armies away from Domažlice on 14th August 1431 causing the crusading armies to withdraw completely.