Battle of Sablat

Part of: Bohemian-Palatinate War, Thirty Years War

Depiction of the battle of Záblat from the Hogenberg history sheets, around 1630

date	June 10, 1619
place	near Dříteň , Czech Republic
output	Catholic victory

Parties to the conflict
Holy Roman Empire 1400 Holy Roman Empire	Protestant Bohemia
Commander
General Bucquoy	Count of Mansfeld
Troop strength
about 5,000	about 3,000
losses
unknown	around 2,850 dead, wounded and missing

The Battle of Sablat took place during the Thirty Years War on June 10, 1619 seven kilometers east of Wodnian between the villages of Great and Little Sablat in Bohemia .

The battle between the Protestant troops under Ernst Graf von Mansfeld and the imperial troops under General Bucquoy ended with the victory of Ferdinand II's troops . Bucquoy forced Mansfeld, who was on the way to Budweis , to battle near the village of Sablat. Mansfeld suffered a heavy defeat and lost his armed forces up to 150 men and his entire equipage . The Bohemians then had to break off the siege of Budweis. Mansfeld remained quite inactive in the following period and also offered his services to the emperor.

Web links

Impressions from Sablat and the cross on the battlefield (Czech)

References and comments

↑ ^a ^b ^c Peter Broucek : Struggle for sovereignty and rule in the east of Austria 1618 to 1621 (= military historical series, issue 65). Österreichischer Bundesverlag, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-215-07906-2 , p. 15f.

[Broucek-1] Peter Broucek : Struggle for sovereignty and rule in the east of Austria 1618 to 1621 (= military historical series, issue 65). Österreichischer Bundesverlag, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-215-07906-2 , p. 15f.