Battle of Bruderholz

Battle of Bruderholz
	Part of Swabian War
	; Swiss forces (right) attack the Swabians (left, with the saltire) at the Bruderholz. In the background the city of Basel, which was neutral in the Swabian War.
Date	22 March 1499
Location	Near Basel, Switzerland47°30′27″N 7°35′41″E
Result	Swiss victory
Belligerents
Old Swiss Confederacy	Swabian League
Strength
800[1]	2,000[1]
Casualties and losses
1[1]	80[1]
	Location within Switzerland Battle of Bruderholz (Canton of Basel-Land)

The Battle of Bruderholz took place on 22 March 1499 in the Swabian War between Swabian troops and forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy. The Swabians had raided several Swiss villages and were on their way back when they met troops from Lucerne, Solothurn, and Bern, who also came back from a raid in the Alsace.[2] Anticipating the likely route of the Swabian troops, the Swiss soldiers concealed themselves in the woods at Bruderholz hill, near Basel.[1] When the three times more numerous[3] Swabians passed the woods, the Swiss attacked. The Swabian infantry quickly broke and fled the battlefield. The cavalry fought a delaying action allowing the infantry to escape before retreating also. Some of the fleeing soldiers ran approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) to the Rhine river before swimming across to continue their retreat. Others fled to Basel but were refused entry. The Confederation lost only a single soldier while the Swabians lost about 80 men.[1]

References

Winkler, Albert (2020). "The Swiss in the Swabian War of 1499: An Analysis of the Swiss Military at the End of the Fifteenth Century," Swiss American Historical Society Review, vol. 56 (2020), no. 3, pp. 55-141.
Forum 1499: "Wie sich ein züg samlet am Bruderholz und wie dieselben veriagt wurdend und ettlich erstochen" Archived 2007-07-16 at the Wayback Machine; URL last accessed 2006-09-12.
Scheck, P.: Der Schwabenkrieg 1499 Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine; Municipal Archives of Schaffhausen, 1999. In German. URL last accessed 2006-09-12.

External links

Bruderholz in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

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[Winkler-1] Winkler, Albert (2020). "The Swiss in the Swabian War of 1499: An Analysis of the Swiss Military at the End of the Fifteenth Century," Swiss American Historical Society Review, vol. 56 (2020), no. 3, pp. 55-141.

[web-2] Forum 1499: "Wie sich ein züg samlet am Bruderholz und wie dieselben veriagt wurdend und ettlich erstochen" Archived 2007-07-16 at the Wayback Machine; URL last accessed 2006-09-12.

[scheck-3] Scheck, P.: Der Schwabenkrieg 1499 Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine; Municipal Archives of Schaffhausen, 1999. In German. URL last accessed 2006-09-12.