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there. The Catholic cavalry could not ride up such a steep hill and was forced to dismount. The cannons owned by the nobles could not fire effectively uphill. These circumstances made it a battle between infantry behind fortifications and heavily armored infantry in the field. Žižka's men held the
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Wagenburg against repeated attacks by dismounted cavalry. Then, Žižka decided that the time was right to counterattack. With some cavalry, the Hussites charged downhill and swept catholic forces from the battlefield.
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Index

Hussite Wars

Hořice
Hussite
Orebites
Bohemian nobility
Jan Žižka
Diviš Bořek of Miletínek
Čeněk von Wartenberg
War wagons
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Hussite Wars
Živohoště
Nekmíř
Sudoměř
Vítkov Hill
Tábor
Vyšehrad
Brüx
Kutná Hora
Nebovidy
Německý Brod
Hořice
Malešov
Aussig
Tachov
Kratzau
Trnava

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