Editing Battle of Lipany (section)

== Battle ==
The radicals set up a ''[[Wagenburg (wagon fort)|Wagenburg]]'' on a strategically advantageous hill, and both armies stood opposite each other for some time. An attempt by the [[Calixtines]]/[[Utraquism|Utraquists]] to negotiate and peacefully resolve the conflict failed on account of the irreconcilable positions of the two sides. Three days after the unsuccessful negotiations, the Leaguers advanced to the radicals' encampment. Although the following mutual cannonade was harmless due to distance between the two armies, to the surprise of the radicals the Leaguers began to retreat with all their wagons.

Thinking that the enemy was fleeing, the radicals' commanders opened the ''Wagenburg'' to attack the Leaguers' formation, not knowing that the retreat was a trick to draw them out of the ''Wagenburg''. As the radicals approached the Leaguers' army, the Leaguers stopped and began to fire from their wagons. At the same time, the Leaguers' heavy cavalry, which had been hidden near the radicals' camp, undertook a surprise attack from the side and penetrated into the open ''Wagenburg''. The radicals' army quickly collapsed and the commander of the Orphans' cavalry, Čapek of Sány, fled with all his men to the nearby town of [[Kolín]].

The battle now changed into a massacre of the lightly equipped radical forces. Both [[Prokop the Great]] and {{ill|Prokop the Lesser|cs|Prokop Malý}} were killed making a [[last stand]] at the wagons. Some prominent leaders of the radicals, including [[Jan Roháč z Dubé|Jan Roháč of Dubá]], were captured, but about 700 ordinary soldiers who surrendered after promises of renewed military service were burned to death in nearby barns.