10 years after the conflict of Grunwald (see erstwhile episode of the Slavic Epopea Fly) was the conflict of Witkowa Góra.
Behind the Googles I say:
1 March 1420 Pope Martin V announced bullin which he ordered Sigismund Luxemburg and located in the vicinity of the Czech Republic to organize Crossing expeditions against a movement based on views Jan Hus and John Wycliffe.
On 12 June 1420 the siege of Prague, defended by 9,000 soldiers, began. According to chroniclers, the besieging Prague Catholic army counted 100–200,000 soldiers. According to historians, however, this army was smaller, but inactive its size was estimated at 50–100 1000 soldiers. 1 of the most crucial points was close Prague Witkowa Góra, and located on it fortifications safe supply routes for the besieged and at the same time hinder the provision of the siege army. These fortifications were built of wood reinforced with stone and clay, and additional protection was moats. There was a tower on the south side of the hill, while the northern part was secured by a rocky steep approach. The fortifications of Witkowa Mountains were to be defended by 26 men and 3 women, but according to J. Durdika most likely had about 60 soldiers in these fortifications.
In order to conquer Prague, Witkowa Góra had to be mastered, so on July 13 the Catholic army drove through Lithuania and went to attack. The following day, on 14 July, a Hussite army commanded by Jan Žižka arrived with a rescue and struck the siege army. Most Hussite soldiers of origin peasant She was armed with combat cepes And firearms. In the meantime, Žižka sent 50 gunmen to defenders of Witkowa Góra. After a hard fight, the Hussic armies won[1]. The Catholic army lost 300 knights and an unknown number of another types of troops. Although defeated, she was inactive powerful, so she did not retreat from the Czech Republic, but only to Kutna Hora, where she intended to proceed her war effort.
The Hussites yet lost, but Jan Žižka to history, as a large military commander. In Prague there is simply a territory of Žižkov, there is His monument, and Warsaw, Wroclaw and Olsztyn are streets of His name. It is interesting that we have specified a Catholic country, and yet our Hero fought the crusaders sent by the Pope. But I am glad that we worship the Slavic hero of the conflict for freedom and independence.
The Hussites' fight was not only directed against the Church, but besides against German dominance in this organization, which owned 1/3 of all Czech farmland. It is worth reading about, as well as John Wycliffe of Oxford, who was an inspiration for Hus.
Michał Leszczyński
