Battle of Domažlice

The Battle of Domažlice (Bitva u Domažlic) or Battle of Taus (Schlacht bei Taus) was fought on August 14, 1431 as the part of the 5th crusade against Hussites. The crusade was sent to Bohemia after the negotiations they were held in Pressburg and Cheb between Hussites and the emperor Sigismund had failed.

The Imperial army was besieging the city of Domažlice since August 8, when the sight of the approaching and singing Hussite relief army led by Prokop the Bald led to mass panicking among the crusaders, who fled through the Bohemian Forest. The Hussites immediately set after the fleeing Imperial army and annihilated its remnants completely.

The crusader army was accompanied by papal legate Julian Cesarini who lost his whole luggage in the retreat, including the secret correspondence and the Papal bull charging him to hire crusaders.