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 ﻿of 90,000 infantry and 40.000 cavalry, finally invaded Bohemia. Frederick, Marquis of Brandenburg, as before, was the chief leader; only King Sigismund remained behind at Nuremberg. After the example of the Bohemians they pro- vided themselves with military carnages for this campaign. At first they made an attack on Tachov; but, having met with a vigorous resistance, they directed their course further to the castle of Swamberk; where also, having divided them- selves into three divisions, they began savagely to plunder and devastate the intervening country thence to Domažlice. Meanwhile the Bohemians had again collected their military force to the number of 50,000 foot and 5,000 horsemen and went to meet the powerful enemy. There as soon as they approached, and the. report of it had reached the German camp, a sudden fear, which was already customary, seized the cru- saders, so that immediately they fled to the Bavarian forest in the greatest disorder. The Bohemians, quickly pursuing them, reached them at Domažlice (August 14). Then the Germans fled precipitately one over the other, and the carriages which were to serve as a protection were entangled in the forests and increased the universal confusion. Of the fugitives many were killed, many taken prisoners, by the Bohemians; about 3,000 carriages fell into their hands with ample booty, and the expedition had for the Germans a termination more disgraceful than any previous one.

get ready for, mitise (with dat.), the Bohemians, Čechove. to take, sebrali. the field, pole.

leading, vedení, n.(verbal noun). Holý, adj., gen. Holého. to invade, vlrhnouli; in the past part. I and II, the nou

is dropped. See remarks under 2nd conj. It will be observed that this omission of nu- more often occurs in n. verbs of this conjugation, translate : up to (as far as) the country of Pilsen (do kraje Plzeňského).