Battle of Nekmíř

Battle of Nekmíř
	Part of the Hussite Wars
Date	December 1419
Location	Nekmíř, north of Pilsen
Result	Hussite victory
Belligerents
Hussites	Landfrieden of Pilsen
Commanders and leaders
Jan Žižka	Bohuslav von Schwanberg
Strength
400 infantry; 7 war wagons	2,000 cavalry and infantry
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Heavy

The Battle of Nekmíř was one of several raids carried out by the Bohemian Royalist forces, commanded by Bohuslav von Schwanberg, against Jan Žižka's Hussite troops.

The raid caught Hussite forces besieging the fortress of Nekmíř.

The Hussite force was able to break through Bohuslav's lines by using artillery (hand guns) mounted on wagons, and effect a retreat. This skirmish was the first documented use of the wagon fort during the Hussite wars.

The results of this conflict were important in demonstrating Jan Žižka's military competence in the minds of the Hussites. The Prague Hussites would later call for Žižka's assistance in defending their town against the crusading Imperial Army, despite having spurned him by acquiescing to the Royalists' demands after the initial Royalist-Hussite conflict in Prague.

External links

"The Hussite Wars (1419-36)", Stephen Turnbull, Osprey Publishing (ISBN 1-84176-665-8)
Osprey Hussite Wars book extract
Hussite Battles and Significant events

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