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Author Topic: Battle of Leignitz arthur New Member Member # 918 posted 10-16-2005 08:45 AM                Have you already heard about this battle? According to a book, european haevy armoured knights army was take to piece by mounted mongols archers. Is that true? How did it happened? How can so well armed and equiped knights be destroyed by archers? Thanks Registered: Oct 2005  |  IP: Logged Tom Matulewicz Member Member # 557 posted 11-04-2005 11:59 AM                   probably you are talking about Battle of Legnica 1241 (Poland) Polish forces were led by Henryk II Pobożnego 6000 or 7000 knights, probably there were some templars among them. 7000 or 10000 Mongols Monglos were traveling fast and Henryk had to attack in unfavourable circumstances, he wanted to join to Wacław I forces. Large part of polish troops retrated during battle as they had very pool leader Mieszko II the Fat. Henryk was taken as prisoner but he lost his head as he didn`t want to kneel in front of some Mongol leader killed at Sandomierz (south-east Poland). -------------------- http://www.man.poznan.pl/~ritter/Oporow2005/ Registered: Feb 2004  |  IP: Logged

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