Henry wages a successful campaign in Bavaria…
August 1078 CE
Henry wages a successful campaign in Bavaria in 1078, while Pope Gregory refuses to excommunicate Rudolf.
The Battle of Mellrichstadt on August 7 proves indecisive: Henry's army meets the army of Rudolf's Saxon allies before they can meet up with the Swabians.
In the confusion, one Saxon force including the bishop of Merseburg and Rudolf flee as soon as the armies meet.
They are harassed by the local people of the district while they flee home.
Elsewhere, the Saxons under Otto of Nordheim and Frederick of Sommerschenburg best their opponents and chase them in the direction of Würzburg.
On his return, he finds another army occupying the field.
When his scouts do not return, he assumes it is the enemy and returns home, not knowing that it is a Saxon contingent.
Though the opposition forces under Otto of Nordheim are victorious, the troops of Berthold and Welf are stuck in a peasants' revolt.
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