Battle of Domažlice

Battle of Domažlice
	Part of the Hussite Wars (The fifth anti-Hussite crusade)
	; Retreat of Catholic forces at Battle of Domažlice, romantic painting
Date	14 August 1431
Location	Domažlice (Taus), Bohemia
Result	Decisive Hussite victory
Belligerents
Crusade Holy Roman Empire Margraviate of Brandenburg; Bohemian Catholics; Duchy of Bavaria; Electorate of Saxony; Swabian cities; Electorate of Cologne; Electorate of Mainz; Duchy of Austria; Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg; some Imperial cities; ; Italian contingent; Papal States; Kingdom of Hungary;	Hussite coalition Praguers; Orphans; Union of Žatec and Louny; Taborites; most of the Hussite cities; Hussite nobility; Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Commanders and leaders
Frederick of Brandenburg; Cardinal Cesarini; Jindřich of Plavno; Jan Vircburský; Albert II of Germany	Prokop the Bald; Sigismund Korybut
Strength
30,000–50,000	20,000
Casualties and losses
>1,500	unknown

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

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