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Battle of Morat

Type Event Region Europe Time 1476

On 22 June 1476, the Swiss Confederation army again crushed Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy at Morat (French: Murten).…

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  1. 1476Morat · Canton of FribourgAfter the defeat at Grandson, Charles the Bold led some 20,000 Burgundian troops east again, besieging the castle of Morat, an ally of Bern, in an attempt to sever the Swiss Confederation's east–west links and force it to negotiate.
  2. 1476Battlefield on the south shore of Lake Morat · Canton of FribourgSome 25,000 troops of the Swiss Confederation and its allies came down from the mountains, appearing suddenly on the Burgundian flank in the morning mist of 22 June. Swiss pike squares and crossbowmen attacked the Burgundian camp and siege works.
  3. 1476Morat · Canton of FribourgThe Burgundian army was attacked on three sides; large numbers of soldiers drowned in Lake Morat or were killed, with casualties believed to exceed 10,000. Charles the Bold himself escaped again, but Burgundian military prestige nearly collapsed; the Swiss thereafter called the day 'the victory of the Lord's Day.'

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