Battle of Kutná Hora

Timeline

1. 1421Kutná Hora · BohemiaAfter Pope Martin V launched the anti-Hussite crusade in 1419, the Taborites under Jan Žižka captured Kutná Hora, Bohemia's second-largest silver city, in autumn 1421. Emperor Sigismund arrived with about 50,000 German-Hungarian troops to relieve it, besieging the Hussites in the town; the Hussites built defenses with wagon forts (wagenburg) and serpentine artillery.
2. 1421Outside Kutná Hora · BohemiaFacing repeated charges by the crusaders' superior heavy cavalry, Žižka formed the wagons into a column and launched a surprise attack from the night of 21 December into the early hours of the 22nd. The wagons fired artillery and handguns in volleys, tearing a gap in the enemy line; the Hussites escaped the encirclement and regrouped their defenses around Kank Hill. Sigismund mistakenly believed the Hussites had routed and did not pursue.
3. 1422Nebovidy · BohemiaAfter breaking out, Žižka reassembled his forces from the direction of Kolín and launched a series of counterattacks in early January 1422. In the Battle of Nebovidy on 6 January the Hussites surprised resting Hungarian troops and won; thereafter Sigismund's army, under constant harassment, lost morale and withdrew from Bohemia in January, and the Second Anti-Hussite Crusade offensive was checked.