Name that Battle!

**Abdülmecid I** · January 07, 2020, 12:00 PM

Cardinal Cesarini losing his red galero during the battle of Domazlice. I had a hunch that the answer would lie somewhere in Wikipedia's pages about the Hussite Wars...

**Sar1n** · January 07, 2020, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by Abdülmecid I

Cardinal Cesarini losing his red galero during the battle of Domazlice. I had a hunch that the answer would lie somewhere in Wikipedia's pages about the Hussite Wars...

Damn, I'm that transparent

. Okay, next time I'll post something different...maybe some Aboriginal battle? Were there even any?

Anyway, Battle of Domažlice is correct. The last anti-Hussite crusade ended there in a great example how morale and reputation could win medieval battles. A large army, led by Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg and cardinal Caesarini (contemporary sources put its size to 130000) besieged the city on 8th August 1431. 14th August, the Hussite relief force numbering around 40000-55000 (based on same sources) arrived and arrayed for battle. As they approached the crusading army, singing their battle hymn, the crusading army broke and ran before coming to contact with them. Those that tried to save something from the baggage train got stuck when they tried to get through the forest, and were either captured or cut down, including around 200 members of cardinal's personal guard.
According to contemporary sources, Hussites captured over 300 cannons, 2000 wagons full of provisions and various other loot, including cardinal's ceremonial robe and cross, and papal bull declaring the crusade. This debacle broke the will of papacy to subjugate Hussites, and resulted in diplomatic solution that allowed formation of Hussite church and its freedom to preach throughout lands of the Bohemian Crown.

Your turn, and thanks for the rep for the last one with chesser absent.

**Abdülmecid I** · January 07, 2020, 01:59 PM

Numbers seem a bit inflated for both sides. Anyway, next one is an Islamic miniature that depicts a battle between the Persians and Heraclius...

**Sar1n** · January 07, 2020, 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by Abdülmecid I

Numbers seem a bit inflated for both sides.

Yeah. Based on previous battles, as well as how did the same sources inflated the numbers in other engagements, the realistic number would be about a third to half of those numbers.

**paleologos** · January 07, 2020, 02:25 PM

Battle of Nineveh (627)

**General Brewster** · January 07, 2020, 03:29 PM

We see the capture of Tiblisi depicted here. You are probably asking us to guess the battle of Krtsanisi. Of which the former was a direct result of it's outcome iirc.

**paleologos** · January 07, 2020, 03:54 PM

One of us (Abdülmecid I, General Brewster & me) is confused.

**Abdülmecid I** · January 07, 2020, 04:48 PM

General Brewster is correct! My hint was a bit tricky, because it was a reference to relatively obscure Heraclius II, king of Georgia, and not the much more famous emperor of the Byzantine Empire with the same name. The image is a bit small, but if you notice carefully, at least one fleeing Georgian is holding a pistol aimed at the pursuing Persians. Miniatures are notorious for anachronisms, but not on this scale, I hope!

**General Brewster** · January 08, 2020, 06:46 AM

First thing I saw. Even thought for a moment Paleologos tried to trick us, or had misspelled 1627 but a quick search ruled that out.

**Common Soldier** · January 08, 2020, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by General Brewster

First thing I saw. Even thought for a moment Paleologos tried to trick us, or had misspelled 1627 but a quick search ruled that out.

Siege of Port Arthur in the Russo-Japanese war. The uniforms look like Russian ones to me, and while the cannons could be from the Crimean War, I am not sure the Russians were using breech loading cannons by then.
Otherwise, my guess would be Siege of Sevastopol.

**General Brewster** · January 08, 2020, 06:10 PM

Correct! Good to see you around

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**Common Soldier** · January 08, 2020, 06:41 PM

Originally Posted by General Brewster

Correct! Good to see you around

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You can take my turn. I can't think of a good battle picture right now, and I learn a lot by by the pictures of others.

**Morifea** · January 09, 2020, 12:37 AM

If no one minds, I will step into the Breach.
This picture shows the end of a campaign.

**Lord Oda Nobunaga** · January 09, 2020, 12:45 AM

Yamashita's surrender on Luzon.
Yamashita looks like he lost a tonne of weight down in that jungle.

**Morifea** · January 09, 2020, 02:13 AM

Lord Oda is right, the surrender on Luzon, have some rep.

Seems like Yamashita shared the rations of his soldiers, not like some other Japanese Commanders that feasted and drowned themselves in alcohol, while their Soldiers starved.

edit: Can someone else rep Lord Oda? mine is spend.....