25 March 1420, afternoon
The knights on foot
The Hospitallers under Jindřich of Hradec charge along the dike at the wagons and lose many men and horses to the handguns and crossbows. Those who reach the wagons fight on a front a few men wide. Břeněk Švihovský is killed at the head of the Hussite line, and Jindřich of Hradec is shot in the toe and dies of the wound some time later.
The Iron Lords attack the wagons at Sudoměř, by Adolf LiebscherWikimedia Commons, Adolf Liebscher, Public domain (Liebscher, Adolf - Porážka železných pánů u Sudoměře dne 25. března roku 1420.jpg)
The Iron Lords under Petr of Šternberk try to cross the bed of the drained Škaredý pond. Their horses sink in the mud, so they dismount and go on in full armour. Slow and heavy in the soft ground, they are struck down by Hussites who come out between the wagons with flails.
Sources
- Laurence of Březová, Hussite Chronicle, Czech edition Husitská kronika (1979), p. 49.
- Josef Pekař, Žižka a jeho doba III (1992 edition), p. 35.
- Jan Durdík, Husitské vojenství (1953), p. 140.
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