On 23 May 1618, the Bohemian Protestant nobles defied their King Ferdinand, heir to Holy Roman Emperor Matthias, and threw the Roman Catholic governors of Bohemia from a window of their office at Prague Castle in an act which came to be known as the Defenestration of Prague. The new government, formed of Protestant nobility and Heinrich Matthias von Thurn, assumed command over the Bohemian Protestant forces.
A Habsburg Roman Catholic army under the command of Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy, was approaching Prague but a Protestant army stopped it near Čáslav for several weeks; subsequent problems with food supplies and illness forced Buqouy to withdraw. Later, when Bucquoy was on his way to reinforce, Count Thurn followed Bucquoy's army and forced a battle near the village of Lomnice nad Lužnicí in southern Bohemia. Part of the Roman Catholic army held a position between two ponds and suffered most of its casualties from artillery fire. Bucquoy suffered defeat, losing at least 1,500 troops. As a result, the main part of the Habsburg army had to leave Bohemia. But the Protestants did not follow up their victory by chasing the enemy, thereby missing an opportunity to crush their Catholic opponents.[1]
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^Jitka Lenková a Václav Pavlík. Nejdůležitější bitvy v Českých dějinách. Nakladatelství Alpress. 2007. ISBN978-80-7362-470-5 p. 173-174
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battle, lomnice, lomnice, lužnicí, occurred, november, 1618, during, bohemian, period, thirty, years, fought, between, habsburg, roman, catholic, army, charles, bonaventure, longueval, count, bucquoy, protestant, army, jindřich, matyáš, thurn, part, thirty, ye. The Battle of Lomnice or Lomnice nad Luznici occurred on 9 November 1618 during the Bohemian period of the Thirty Years War It was fought between the Habsburg Roman Catholic army of Charles Bonaventure de Longueval Count of Bucquoy and the Protestant army of Jindrich Matyas Thurn Battle of LomnicePart of the Thirty Years WarJindrich Matyas ThurnDate9 November 1618LocationLomnice nad Luznici present day Czech Republic ResultBohemian victoryBelligerentsBohemia Holy Roman EmpireCommanders and leadersJindrich ThurnCount of BucquoyStrengthAbout 14 000Less than 10 000Casualties and losses80 dead and 120 woundedAbout 1 500 dead wounded or missing On 23 May 1618 the Bohemian Protestant nobles defied their King Ferdinand heir to Holy Roman Emperor Matthias and threw the Roman Catholic governors of Bohemia from a window of their office at Prague Castle in an act which came to be known as the Defenestration of Prague The new government formed of Protestant nobility and Heinrich Matthias von Thurn assumed command over the Bohemian Protestant forces A Habsburg Roman Catholic army under the command of Charles Bonaventure de Longueval Count of Bucquoy was approaching Prague but a Protestant army stopped it near Caslav for several weeks subsequent problems with food supplies and illness forced Buqouy to withdraw Later when Bucquoy was on his way to reinforce Count Thurn followed Bucquoy s army and forced a battle near the village of Lomnice nad Luznici in southern Bohemia Part of the Roman Catholic army held a position between two ponds and suffered most of its casualties from artillery fire Bucquoy suffered defeat losing at least 1 500 troops As a result the main part of the Habsburg army had to leave Bohemia But the Protestants did not follow up their victory by chasing the enemy thereby missing an opportunity to crush their Catholic opponents 1 References Edit Jitka Lenkova a Vaclav Pavlik Nejdulezitejsi bitvy v Ceskych dejinach Nakladatelstvi Alpress 2007 ISBN 978 80 7362 470 5 p 173 174 This article about a battle is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This European history related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Battle of Lomnice amp oldid 1133458486, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
