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Battle of Héricourt

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39: 344:, north of Héricourt. With the help of the Habsburg cavalry, they beat the Burgundian cavalry in two battles with little losses. When the decimated troops withdrew, the main power of the allies followed them through the valley of the Lisaine. At the same time, a smaller corps of men from Bern and Lucerne moved through the forested hills and attacked the enemy troops at 355:
Subsequently, on 16 November Héricourt's garrison surrendered and was occupied by Austrian troops. The Burgundians had lost more than three thousand men in these battles, while the Swiss had few losses. The inhabitants of the city were allowed to leave the village and take their belongings with them.
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On the 13th November at noon, the Swiss received a report of the approaching reinforcements. They broke their siege and attacked the Burgundians under the leadership of
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to Burgundy. They were opposed by 12,000 troops (8,000 mounted fighters and 4,000 foot soldiers) under the command of Henri of Neuchâtel and
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Band 2, Teil 1, 6. Buch, Verlag von Helbing & Lichtenhahn, Basel 1911, S. 77–78 (
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The battle was one of the first using hand-held guns.
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Index

Burgundian Wars

Zürcher Schilling
Héricourt
Burgundian State
Swiss Confederacy
Strasbourg
Basel
Colmar
Sélestat
Jacques of Savoy
Niklaus von Scharnachtal
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Burgundian Wars
Neuss
Héricourt
Planta
Grandson
Morat
Nancy
Héricourt
Burgundy
Burgundian Wars
Swiss Confederacy
Burgundian State
Lower League
Alsace

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