Martin Antonenko
A Fixture
- Joined
- Jul 11, 2008
- Messages
- 8,826
Der „wild Mansfelder“ wird vernichtend geschlagen!
On June 10, 1619, a mob led by the Protestant commander Count Ernst II von Mansfeld - also known as "the wild Mansfeld" - marched through what is now the Czech Republic...:
Mansfeld is on his way to the city of Budweis (today: České Budějovice) with 3,000 armed men, infantry, cavalry and artillery to join the siege of the city by the Protestant troops there.
But he never gets there!
Near the town of Sablat, 21 kilometers from Budweis, he is met by a superior force of the Catholic League - 5,000 men under the Imperial Field Marshal Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Comte de Bucquoy...:
Mansfeld's troops are crushed - only about 150 men escape. Likewise, the count's war chest is lost!
The defeat of the "wild Mansfeld" near Sablat forces the Protestants to break off the siege of Budweis.
Count Mansfeld himself played - from subordinate posts in various services (including the kings of England and France) - in the further course of the 30-year carnage no longer played a special role. Due to lack of money he even offered his services to the emperor - in vain!
On June 10, 1619, a mob led by the Protestant commander Count Ernst II von Mansfeld - also known as "the wild Mansfeld" - marched through what is now the Czech Republic...:
Mansfeld is on his way to the city of Budweis (today: České Budějovice) with 3,000 armed men, infantry, cavalry and artillery to join the siege of the city by the Protestant troops there.
But he never gets there!
Near the town of Sablat, 21 kilometers from Budweis, he is met by a superior force of the Catholic League - 5,000 men under the Imperial Field Marshal Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Comte de Bucquoy...:
Mansfeld's troops are crushed - only about 150 men escape. Likewise, the count's war chest is lost!
The defeat of the "wild Mansfeld" near Sablat forces the Protestants to break off the siege of Budweis.
Count Mansfeld himself played - from subordinate posts in various services (including the kings of England and France) - in the further course of the 30-year carnage no longer played a special role. Due to lack of money he even offered his services to the emperor - in vain!
